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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Tory MP compares vile trophy hunters to paedophiles as ban passes first hurdle

A Tory MP today likened trophy hunters to paedophiles as he lashed out at "gratification of the most revolting kind".

Sir Roger Gale made the remarks in support of a bill banning British hunters from bringing back skins, severed heads and carcasses from animals they have shot abroad.

But a Tory critic of the move told MPs that legislating over trophy hunters was "racist".

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