The Government has been urged to ban ‘kill-for-kicks’ holidays after the launch of the “world’s worst raffle” which offered ticket buyers the chance to shoot 32 wild animals for £13.
The brutal competition awards the first prize winner with a high-powered ‘super rifle’ to kill dead buffalo, kudu, wildebeest, impala and warthogs.
Social media is filled with advertisements for ‘Africa’s biggest hunting bounty’! – And charities have urged Britons not to indulge in “twisted joy”.
Organizers claimed that the winner of the raffle would be treated to an all-inclusive luxury weekend, including helicopter arrivals and “unlimited gunfire until you hit your kill count.”
The killed animals would then be butchered so that their heads could be mounted as souvenirs for the winner.
Entries closed for the raffle next month, with a live draw on 1 May.
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The Safari Shoot-Out is in South Africa, run by non-profit organization Fkn Army.
Eduardo Gonçalves, founder of The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, said: “Sun readers will be absolutely astonished by this, and rightly so.
“Britain is a proud nation of animal lovers.
“Killing animals for kicks and then offering it as a ‘luxury gift’ prize is completely disgusting.
“Offering a high-powered rifle and ‘unlimited bullets’ so that one can ‘open fire’ on innocent animals is cowardly.
“Government should make them ‘kick for murder’ holidays illegal.
“We are calling on Environment Minister Emma Reynolds MP to intervene and stop this lottery, and to implement her long-delayed election manifesto promise to ban people from bringing home ‘souvenirs’ of these ridiculous animals.
“Trophy hunting is barbaric, anachronistic and completely contrary to British values.
“We are in the midst of an extinction crisis. Wildlife numbers have declined by 70% in the last 50 years.
“Promoting such a blood-soaked spectacle is irresponsible and inexcusable.
“The involvement of an organization that calls itself a ‘nonprofit’ is absurd.
“There is nothing charitable about turning the killing of animals into a lottery prize.”
John Petrie, senior campaigns manager at animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports, told The Sun: “This is the world’s worst raffle in which beautiful animals will be sacrificed Wealth And the distorted happiness of the people.
“The UK Government has promised to ban the import of hunting trophies – now is the time for them to take action and help end this cruel activity.”
The tournament has taken a turn after a great South African lion was shot and killed by a bloodthirsty trophy hunter last July.
Blondie was tagged by a team of oxford University researcher three months before the tragic murder.
They hoped to track her and her 10 cubs and three adult females as part of a long-term study.
But campaigners say he was caught in the crosshairs of a trophy hunter who spent at least £35,000 carrying out the gruesome murder.
Blondie was fed pieces of rotten meat from the back of a truck before being slowly driven away from the safety of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, it has been claimed.
He was only five years old.
A photo showing the gunman kneeling near the trophy hunter’s body was posted online and later removed.
UK laws on trophy hunting
Trophy hunting is legal in the UK if it complies with the country’s existing hunting legislation, including ensuring that all appropriate permits have been obtained.
This is not the same as poaching, which is the illegal hunting or capture of wild animals.
A new private member’s bill – the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill – is currently going through the Commons after a second reading in September 2025.
The bill has cross-party government support and calls for a ban on the import of hunting trophies from protected species.
Current law does not prohibit hunting of endangered species.
Campaigners have called for a ban on the import of hunting trophies into Britain.
born Free Rejects the notion that trophy hunting helps conservation and says it supports “non-consumptive opportunities to generate income from wildlife”.
Ban on trophy hunting expeditions Disagrees with trophy hunting, believing “there is no justification for killing animals for entertainment – it is cruel, wasteful, and serves no purpose”.
