Anti-Hunting Interests Crash and Burn in the European Union

By Justin Stakes

Tucson, AZ -(AmmoLand.com)- Anti-hunting activist groups failed miserably in their effort to generate support in the European Union (EU) Parliament for restrictions on hunting and the importation of trophies into EU countries.

Born Free and other European-based anti-hunting interests were hugely unsuccessful in their effort to promote an anti-hunting “Written Declaration” in the EU Parliament. Their very public loss gave the European hunting community a major victory against anti-hunting prejudice and ignorance. SCI, SCI Foundation, and their allies worked together to defeat this effort through the presentation of information establishing the benefits of hunting to wildlife conservation.

The anti-hunting groups introduced a “Written Declaration” on Trophy Hunting to the EU Parliament earlier this year.

The document called on the European Union’s Council and Commission to “examine the possibility of restricting all trophy imports, to ensure proper implementation of the rules by Member States, and to persuade countries that are issuing permits to trophy hunters without due consideration for the impacts of trophy hunting on conservation and animal welfare to discontinue this practice.”

In the European Union, Members of the EU Parliament introduce statements of policy as “Written Declarations.” To succeed, proponents of a Written …Read the Rest

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