British big game hunters to be banned from bringing trophies home

Law will cover near-threatened, threatened and endangered species, from lions to rhinos and polar bears

Britons who kill endangered animals abroad for fun will not be able to bring their hunting trophies home, the government has announced.

The proposed law will prevent big game hunters from bringing home body parts of 7,000 species including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears. It comes two years after the government pledged to introduce a ban.