Trophy Hunters Exposed
Inside the big game industry
The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting has blown the door wide open on the trophy hunting industry’s darkest secrets – and the shocking scale of the slaughter of the world’s wildlife it is responsible for. By supporting the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, you are helping to put an end to this senseless slaughter.
REVEALED: 500+ photos of 75 British Trophy hunters with their Kills
The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting is revealing over 500 photos of British trophy hunters with their kills. It is the single largest cache of photos of trophy hunters from any nation ever publicly released.
The cache reveals the identities of DOZENS of British trophy hunters, and photos of British hunters with the bodies of lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, zebras, monkeys, wildebeest, impalas and small cats that they have shot.
Britain's trophy hunters are of all ages ranging from their 20s to people enjoying retirement. They come from all corners of the UK – from Devon in the south to Scotland in the north, and from Norfolk in the east to the island of Anglesey in the west.
Men are hunting with wives and girlfriends, experienced solo female hunters, and parents who have taken their young and teenage sons and daughters with them.
There is a wide mix of professions and classes too - from IT technicians, customer relations managers, gas engineers, farmers, architects, property developers, landscape gardeners, and people in the road haulage industry.
The photos are almost all from the now-deleted marketing galleries of Umlilo Safaris, a company initially launched in the UK and now registered in South Africa. It is one of hundreds of such companies currently operating in the country.
Eduardo Goncalves, founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, said: “This is just one of the DOZENS of companies used by British trophy hunters who go to Africa every year to shoot endangered animals for fun. It gives us a shocking insight into the scale of the slaughter.
“It also turns on its head the widely-held misconception that trophy hunting is something that just Americans do. British hunters are amongst the world’s LEADING killers of African elephants and ‘canned’ lions – semi-tame lions bred in captivity so they can be shot in fenced enclosures.
“That’s why the ban needs to happen. Nine out of 10 voters want it brought in immediately.
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British Trophy Hunters
With the Animals They've Killed.
Dear {firstName} {lastName},
I am writing to ask you to vote for John Spellar MP's “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” which is supported by the government and by opposition MPs alike.
British hunters are killing lions in enclosures for 'sport' and shooting elephants for tusks. They are hunting giraffes, monkeys, and even endangered polar bears and rhinos.
Some have killed so many animals they have won prizes, including an award for shooting over 100 different species. British-owned firms are profiting by selling cheetah-shooting ‘holidays’.
Trophy hunting is senseless, cruel, and devastating wildlife populations. Lion numbers have fallen from 200,000 in the 1970s to as few as 10,000 today. Yet it is still legal for British hunters to shoot lions and other endangered animals and display their bodies and heads in their homes.
The industry is trying to block the ban and to protect so-called “hunters’ rights”. The Times and other newspapers have reported how campaigns to block a ban are being financed by the American gun lobby and by Russian oligarchs linked to Vladimir Putin.
They are making ludicrous claims that a ban on UK hunters bringing home trophies would be “neo-colonialist”, and that killing animals for ‘kicks’ is actually ‘conservation’. They have auctioned polar bears and leopard hunts to fund their campaign to mislead MPs and thwart the will of the British people.
This ban is long overdue. It was first announced in the 2019 Queen's Speech. It was included in party manifestos at the last election. Nine out of 10 voters support it. So do the vast majority of the tens of thousands of conservationists, African community leaders and others consulted by the government.
Please confirm that you support this bill and that you will be there to vote for it when it comes to Parliament.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Write to your MP today!
British trophy hunters are among the WORST in the WORLD:
- They shoot tame lions in enclosures, defenceless giraffes and monkeys, and endangered elephants, cheetahs and polar bears.
- Some shoot so many animals that they are winning PRIZES – including an award for killing over 125 species of animals.
- A British woman was voted the world’s top female hunter after shooting some of the largest lions and elephants ever known.
- British-owned companies are selling ‘holidays’ where people can shoot cheetahs.
- The American gun lobby and pals of Russian President Vladimir Putin have been financing campaigns to BLOCK a British ban.
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Trophy Hunters Exposed
Inside The Big Game Industry‘TROPHY HUNTERS EXPOSED – Inside the Big Game Industry’ is an explosive investigation into the trophy hunting industry, its key players and donors, and how it is stripping endangered animals of the protections they need.
It reveals how a top fundraiser for Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man, the head of a paramilitary death squad and a former WWF Director have shot record-breaking lions, elephants, rhinos and leopards.
It exposes the identities of over 500 hunters who have won industry awards for shooting all the ‘African Big Five’; the leading figures in the UK industry including a salesman who helps hunters shoot juvenile lions in enclosures; and the extraordinary kill tallies and trophy collections of hunters around the world.
It also lifts the lid on how household brands – and our taxes – are funding lobbyists, how the Boy Scouts and Salvation Army in the US are helping the industry recruit a new generation of child hunters, and how lobbyists are posing as ‘conservation’ groups … and how the industry boasts it ploughs more money into US elections than some of the world’s biggest corporations.
Read how psychologists and criminologists fear trophy hunting could be fuelling violent crime, and how the industry could spark devastating outbreaks of diseases in local communities.
“The trophy hunting industry’s ‘conservation’ façade is comprehensively dismantled in this fast-paced, forensic investigation. The case for the abolition of this archaic pastime has never been made in such a compelling manner.” –DAILY MIRROR
“Britain should ban the import of animal trophies. The UK is a nation of animal lovers, and should not tolerate their persecution. The idea of killing for fun those animals most at risk of disappearing from the wild in our lifetimes is an abhorrent one.” – THE TIMES
“If this book doesn’t get trophy hunting banned I don’t know what will. This is an incredible investigation that reveals everything the industry would rather you didn’t know.” – JUDI DENCH
A society which allows sentient creatures to be killed for entertainment has serious questions to answer. "TROPHY HUNTERS EXPOSED" Asks those questions and then answers them in devasting fashion." – PETER EGAN
If there's one book to buy about animals this year, this is it. Trophy Hunting is legalised animal abuse on an industrial scale. "TROPHY HUNTERS EXPOSED" tells us why we must abolish it, NOW." – JOANNA LUMLEY
Killing Game
The Extinction IndustryTROPHY HUNTING is putting some of the world’s most vulnerable animals on a FAST-TRACK to EXTINCTION.
That’s the shocking finding of “KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry”, the brilliant sequel to the explosive best-seller “TROPHY HUNTERS EXPOSED: Inside the Big Game Industry” by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting’s founder, award-winning conservationist and writer Eduardo Goncalves.
Launched on the 5th anniversary of the shooting of Cecil the lion, “KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” charts the calamitous COLLAPSE in LION POPULATIONS in recent years.
Goncalves reveals INTERNAL INDUSTRY records which show African elephants’ tusks are SHRINKING dramatically – due to the insatiable appetites of trophy hunters and poachers.
In a no-holds-barred foreword, world-famous primatologist JANE GOODALL writes:
“Trophy hunting is leading to the extinction of a number of species. Scientific studies have demonstrated the links between trophy hunting and population declines. Yet exports of hunting trophies continue to increase. For the good of conservation, the days of the ‘great White Hunter’ should be brought to a close.”
“KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” reveals the huge numbers of WHITE RHINOS that are being shot by Chinese ‘hunters’ – thanks to a legal ‘loophole’ that lets trophy hunters kill rhinos for horns and other body parts.
POLAR BEARS have been shot for their GENITALIA and GALLS for traditional Chinese medicines. LEOPARDS are being killed in large numbers despite IUCN warnings their numbers are falling. CHEETAH numbers are now down to fewer than 7,000 – yet the EU still lets European hunters bring their trophies in.
“KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” unearths dramatic new evidence showing Trophy Hunters have ALREADY shot animals to EXTINCTION.
It exposes some of the most HORRIFIC hunts of threatened species currently on offer – including CANNED TIGER and JAGUAR hunts in South Africa, KANGAROO and ‘Frankenstein animal’ hunting on private American ranches.
Trophy Leaks
Top Hunters & Industry Secrets Revealed“Mr Goncalves has done the government and the world a service. Trophy hunting is a barbaric practice and a dirty business. They do it because they like killing animals. Ministers should get on with ensuring that Britain has no part in the practice.” THE TIMES
This investigation exposes the dirty tricks used by the hunting industry to keep trophy hunting legal.
It reveals the staggering prizes offered to hunters – some of them for shooting HUNDREDS of animals single-handedly.
And it reveals the identities of today’s TOP Trophy Hunters and their astonishing kill records…
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Undercover Trophy Hunter
Britain's Top 20 Hunters RevealedTROPHY HUNTING is putting some of the world’s most vulnerable animals on a FAST-TRACK to EXTINCTION.
That’s the shocking finding of “KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry”, the brilliant sequel to the explosive best-seller “TROPHY HUNTERS EXPOSED: Inside the Big Game Industry” by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting’s founder, award-winning conservationist and writer Eduardo Goncalves.
Launched on the 5th anniversary of the shooting of Cecil the lion, “KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” charts the calamitous COLLAPSE in LION POPULATIONS in recent years.
Goncalves reveals INTERNAL INDUSTRY records which show African elephants’ tusks are SHRINKING dramatically – due to the insatiable appetites of trophy hunters and poachers.
In a no-holds-barred foreword, world-famous primatologist JANE GOODALL writes:
“Trophy hunting is leading to the extinction of a number of species. Scientific studies have demonstrated the links between trophy hunting and population declines. Yet exports of hunting trophies continue to increase. For the good of conservation, the days of the ‘great White Hunter’ should be brought to a close.”
“KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” reveals the huge numbers of WHITE RHINOS that are being shot by Chinese ‘hunters’ – thanks to a legal ‘loophole’ that lets trophy hunters kill rhinos for horns and other body parts.
POLAR BEARS have been shot for their GENITALIA and GALLS for traditional Chinese medicines. LEOPARDS are being killed in large numbers despite IUCN warnings their numbers are falling. CHEETAH numbers are now down to fewer than 7,000 – yet the EU still lets European hunters bring their trophies in.
“KILLING GAME: The Extinction Industry” unearths dramatic new evidence showing Trophy Hunters have ALREADY shot animals to EXTINCTION.
It exposes some of the most HORRIFIC hunts of threatened species currently on offer – including CANNED TIGER and JAGUAR hunts in South Africa, KANGAROO and ‘Frankenstein animal’ hunting on private American ranches.
