Animal Products: Imports
(asked on 24th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many imports of hunting trophies from (a) African Lion, Panthera leo, (b) Tiger, Panthera tigris, (c) African elephant, Loxodonta africana, (d) Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, and (e) Polar bear, Ursus maritimus were recorded under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, in the UK in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019, and (d) 2020.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The table below shows how many imports of hunting trophies from African lion (Panthera leo), Tiger (Panthera tigris), African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), and Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) were recorded under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, in the UK in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
African lion, Panthera leo | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Tiger, Panthera tigris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
African elephant, Loxodonta africana | 56 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polar bear, Ursus maritimus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |