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 \u00a313.<\/p>\n
The brutal competition awards the first prize winner with a high-powered ‘super rifle’ to kill dead buffalo, kudu, wildebeest, impala and warthogs.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsign up for Sun<\/span> Newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Social media is filled with advertisements for ‘Africa’s biggest hunting bounty’! – And charities have urged Britons not to indulge in “twisted joy”.<\/p>\n 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.”<\/p>\n The killed animals would then be butchered so that their heads could be mounted as souvenirs for the winner. <\/p>\n Entries closed for the raffle next<\/span> month, with a live draw on 1 May. <\/p>\n island deluge<\/p>\n British tourists in the Canaries told to stay inside as Storm Therese alert upgraded<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n star wars<\/p>\n Shocking moment, Iranian ballistic missile detonated in space over Israel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Safari Shoot-Out is in South Africa, run by non-profit organization Fkn Army<\/span>.<\/p>\n Eduardo Gon\u00e7alves, founder of The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, said: \u201cSun readers will be absolutely astonished by this, and rightly so. <\/p>\n \u201cBritain is a proud nation of animal lovers.<\/p>\n \u201cKilling animals for kicks and then offering it as a ‘luxury gift’ prize is completely disgusting. <\/p>\n \u201cOffering a high-powered rifle and ‘unlimited bullets’ so that one can ‘open fire’ on innocent animals is cowardly.<\/p>\n “Government should make them ‘kick for murder’ holidays<\/span> illegal. <\/p>\n \u201cWe 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 \u2018souvenirs\u2019 of these ridiculous animals.<\/p>\n \u201cTrophy hunting is barbaric, anachronistic and completely contrary to British values.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are in the midst of an extinction crisis. Wildlife numbers have declined by 70% in the last 50 years.<\/p>\n \u201cPromoting such a blood-soaked spectacle is irresponsible and inexcusable. <\/p>\n \u201cThe involvement of an organization that calls itself a \u2018nonprofit\u2019 is absurd. <\/p>\n “There is nothing charitable about turning the killing of animals into a lottery prize.”<\/p>\n 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<\/span> And the distorted happiness of the people.<\/p>\n \u201cThe UK Government has promised to ban the import of hunting trophies \u2013 now is the time for them to take action and help end this cruel activity.\u201d<\/p>\n The tournament has taken a turn after a great South African lion was shot and killed by a bloodthirsty trophy hunter last July.<\/p>\n Blondie was tagged by a team of oxford<\/span> University researcher three months before the tragic murder.<\/p>\n They hoped to track her and her 10 cubs and three adult females as part of a long-term study.<\/p>\n But campaigners say he was caught in the crosshairs of a trophy hunter who spent at least \u00a335,000 carrying out the gruesome murder.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n He was only five years old.<\/p>\n A photo showing the gunman kneeling near the trophy hunter’s body was posted online and later removed.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n This is not the same as poaching, which is the illegal hunting or capture of wild animals.<\/p>\n A new private member’s bill \u2013 the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill \u2013 is currently going through the Commons after a second reading in September 2025.<\/p>\n The bill has cross-party government support and calls for a ban on the import of hunting trophies from protected species.<\/p>\n Current law does not prohibit hunting of endangered species.<\/p>\n Campaigners have called for a ban on the import of hunting trophies into Britain. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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