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It irks me that there are no links to the laws or even the actual name to look them up, but banning trophy import doesn't seem like banning hunting itself. That

It irks me that there are no links to the laws or even the actual name to look them up, but banning trophy import doesn't seem like banning hunting itself. That seemed like they're trying to subvert international trade for Rhino horns and Elephant tusks and stuff. I'm sure you can still hunt the local deer just as long as the reason isn't to export antlers to the UK for profit. International antler trade presumably only becomes profitable if deer are so rare as to be endangered, not when they're common enough that slowing the population growth is a net good. So this seems like an attempt to disincentivize the already illegal poaching of endangered species, not to prevent Africans from doing any kind of hunting at all.

TheAdamAndChe 5y ago
Hunting is much more than about population control, I mentioned that in my comment when I said "Hunting is similarly important in some places in Africa, providing them an incentive to maintain their local wildlife population." In poor regions of the world, incentive alignment is important for species conservation and survival. The people are often barely surviving. If there is no incentive to keep endangered species alive and thriving, then they will be killed for bushmeat. Legal, controlled hunting that brings revenue to an area will help such species survive.
billyruffian 5y ago
> It irks me that there are no links to the laws or even the actual name to look them up This is because it's the Queen's Speech: it's what the government of the day intends to pursue as legislation for that session. It's essentially advertising what the government's priorities are (and just as importantly, what they are not). Sessions usually last about a year and not everything in the speech always makes it through to legislation. At this point, the legislation hasn't been drafted let alone gone through any readings in either chamber.

TheAdamAndChe 5y ago

Hunting is much more than about population control, I mentioned that in my comment when I said "Hunting is similarly important in some places in Africa, providing them an incentive to maintain their local wildlife population." In poor regions of the world, incentive alignment is important for species conservation and survival. The people are often barely surviving. If there is no incentive to keep endangered species alive and thriving, then they will be killed for bushmeat. Legal, controlled hunting that brings revenue to an area will help such species survive.

billyruffian 5y ago

> It irks me that there are no links to the laws or even the actual name to look them up This is because it's the Queen's Speech: it's what the government of the day intends to pursue as legislation for that session. It's essentially advertising what the government's priorities are (and just as importantly, what they are not). Sessions usually last about a year and not everything in the speech always makes it through to legislation. At this point, the legislation hasn't been drafted let alone gone through any readings in either chamber.