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
The Westminster government wants to ban hunting trophy imports – but technology has overtaken MPs. Charlie visits Splitting Image Taxidermy in South Africa to look at how replica trophies are now better and cheaper than the real thing.
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