Rejected petition UK Government to ban the importation of Trophies from canned Lion Hunting

South Africa should be ashamed of the barbaric captive-bred lion industry.
Only owners of breeding farms and those offering 'canned' hunts benefit from this unethical activity
The UK Government should follow US, France and Netherlands and ban import of captive lion trophies.

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Date submitted 28 April 2019
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