A British ban on imports of hunting trophies is long overdue | Letters
Eduardo Gonçalves and Blair Patrick Schuyler respond to an article on the myth at the heart of trophy hunting
Regarding Cal Flyn’s article (On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife, 21 April), I spent several years undercover in the trophy?hunting industry, engaging with hunters and CEOs of hunting companies. I wanted to understand their motivations and whether wildlife conservation was one of them. It wasn’t.
The primary driver was most succinctly expressed by a Sussex man who had shot lions, elephants and a critically endangered black rhinoceros: “It’s like mainlining on heroin.” Since 2020, giraffes have become a favoured souvenir of the globe-trotting British hunter.
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