African Conservation
On 17 March a Private Member's Bill to ban the import of hunting trophies into the UK passed its third reading in Parliament. Conservative MP Henry Smith proposed the bill, and said it would “help conserve the world's most endangered species.” It was approved by MPs after its third reading, and will now face further scrutiny in the House of Lords.
For a shameless display of misinformation, deliberate misuse of the term “endangered species”(including elephants and zebra), and numerous examples of inaccurate statements about the status of various species of African wildlife (such as the alleged success of conservation in Kenya because of the banning of hunting!), watch Mr Smith's nauseating presentation during the second reading of the Bill in parliament here . Mr Smith and others like him have also spread various lies and fake anecdotes that Africans do not benefit from
