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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Queen's Speech: Crackdown on sick trophy hunting imports missing from law plans

Angry campaigners blasted Boris Johnson for again failing to outline plans to ban trophy hunting imports in the Queen’s Speech.

The long-promised ban on hunters bringing animal skins, severed heads and carcasses back to Britain after shoots abroad was again missing from the Government’s planned legislation - despite ongoing Tory promises to stop the sick trade.

The Government has also snubbed chances to back a Private Member’s Bill which would have outlawed the practice.

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