A Conservative MP has told the House of Commons a private member’s bill that would ban the importation of big game hunting trophies was a “classic case of virtue signalling at the expense of African wildlife and the conservation efforts of African people.”
The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill—which is supported by actors Charles Dance, Joanna Lumley, and Vicki Michelle and TV presenter Gary Lineker—was debated in Parliament on Friday.
Bill Wiggin, MP for North Herefordshire, said some of the “high profile celebrities” who have been campaigning and lobbying on the issue had very little experience on the subject but he said, “their voices seem to speak louder due to their fame than the African community leaders and scientific experts who have objected to the Bill.”
The Bill, which was tabled by another Conservative MP, Henry Smith, would stop…
