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Zambia: Hippopotamuses

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 222615, tabled on 18 February 2019

Question

Sir David Crausby
Labour
Bolton North East
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Zambia on the proposed cull of hippos by trophy hunters on the Luangwa river.

Answer

Harriett Baldwin
Conservative
West Worcestershire
Commons

Answered on

21 February 2019

​We are aware of the proposal for a cull of hippos on the Luangwa River in Zambia. Our High Commissioner has raised the matter with the Zambian Government. The importance of protecting wildlife was discussed with the Minister of Tourism and Arts at the October 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London. Our High Commissioner also discussed conservation issues with President Lungu in November 2018.

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