TROPHY HUNTING Community Benefits

In her 11 May 2021 speech that included a proposed bill to ban international hunting trophy imports, Queen Elizabeth II gave the first strongest hint that the British government and animal rights groups are worlds apart from the international hunting needs of wildlife-rich African countries such as Zimbabwe.

African countries and communities co-existing with wildlife don't ever want hunting to be banned because it generates revenue for not only wildlife conservation but also habitat conservation.

Sadly, the British government, as indicated by the Queen's recent speech, seems not to acknowledge such benefits. Some of the benefits from hunting income include its use for the socio-economic wellbeing of African rural communities co-existing with wildlife. Therefore, the British are planning to go ahead with plans that will not only destroy African wildlife but also its habitat and the hopes