Southern Africa: EU Backs Elephant, Lion Trophy Hunting

The European Union has thrown its weight behind Zimbabwe and Sadc's position to reject the proposed ban on trophy hunting ahead of the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species 17th Conference of Parties to be held in South Africa next week.

Animal rights activists are pushing for the up-listing of elephants and lions from Appendix II to Appendix I at the upcoming CoP17.Appendix I include species threatened with extinction and if the proposal sailed through, Zimbabwe and other Sadc countries with huge population of elephants and lions would be banned from international hunting and trading in lions and elephants.

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