How replicas will stymie Starmer’s trophy import ban
25 February 2026
The SCI Convention 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, shows off all that’s best and biggest in hunting, sporting guns and taxidermy. A major theme this year
African government officials are lining up to criticise the UK government for its plan to ban trophy imports. They say that the move is colonial, even racist, and takes no account for conditions in their countries. Speaking at the 2025 SCI convention in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Jagd & Hund hunting show in Dortmund, Germany, Zambian tourism minister the hon Rodney Sikumba and ZImParks’ Tanashe Farawo say that the British government is attacking the sovereignty of their countries. #scinashville
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