Animal body parts are not souvenirs!
Since Labour took office in 2024, the government has issued dozens of licenses for British hunters to return from their holidays with sick souvenirs—the body parts of endangered animals they have killed; lion heads mounted for display; leopard skins turned into rugs and elephant feet made into footstools, to name just a few. The government committed to banning trophy hunting imports, but instead, since 2024, they’ve issued 33 import permits for trophies from animals including elephants, lions, giraffes and black bears.
If you agree that animals’ body parts are not holiday souvenirs, please add your name and we’ll send a postcard to Prime Minister Andy Burnham on your behalf.
Postcard text:
Dear Andy,
Greetings from the UK! I saw this postcard and thought of you!
At the last election, the Labour Party committed to banning trophy hunting imports. Since then, ministers have repeatedly told the British public that a ban is on the way. Yet we are still waiting for action.
Since taking office in 2024, the Labour Government has issued 33 import permits for trophies from animals including elephants, lions, giraffes and black bears and since 2016 over 200 trophies have been brought into the UK—despite a majority of Brits supporting a ban.
Animal body parts are not holiday souvenirs, and you have the power to stop this. Please bring forward a bill to deliver on Labour’s promise and make sure trophy hunters arrive at UK customs with absolutely nothing to declare.
All the best,