Celebrities Against Trophy Hunting
In an emotional letter, 35 celebrities appeal to Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke to immediately stop the import of hunting trophies from endangered and protected animal species into Germany.
4’242 Trophy Imports Since 2016
Between 2016 and 2022, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation recorded 4’242 imports of hunting trophies from protected species into Germany. 89% of the population opposes such imports. Celebrities such as Jane Goodall, Ranga Yogeshwar and Maria Furtwängler are calling for an import ban.
Germany Remains Inactive
France, the Netherlands, Finland and Great Britain have already enacted import bans or are planning to do so. “Trophy hunting is nothing more than a disgusting pastime for wealthy, desensitised people,” says Peter Höffken of PETA. More on the topic of species conservation, recreational hunters and animal rights.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
