 'This is being done by hunters from the United Kingdom, amongst others.' He adds: 'Please demand of your Member of Parliament to support the Bill that will be put before Parliament and put a stop to this cruelty, this slaughter, greed and the wholesale destruction of nature. Thank you.' The long-promised Tory ban would finally stop hunters bringing animal skins, severed heads and carcasses back to Britain after shoots abroad. Hopes of an imminent ban were revived in May when a section of the Queen's Speech pack outlining the Government's priorities read: 'We are …){kind=link}
Ian Khama urged MPs to ‘put a stop to this cruelty, this slaughter, greed and the wholesale destruction of nature’ as a Tory MP’s Bill is debated later this month
A former African President today urged British MPs to ban trophy hunting imports.
Ian Khama, who led Botswana from 2008 to 2018, called on UK voters to lobby their MPs to back a block.
He sent a video to the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, supporting its fight to stop hunters bringing their sick souvenirs back to Britain.
The demand comes as MPs gear up for a Commons vote on the measure, due later this month.