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The U.K. Hunter Who Has Shot More Wildlife Than the Killer of Cecil the Lion CAMPAIGN TO BAN TROPHY HUNTING Special Report The U.K. hunter who has shot more wildlife than the killer of Cecil the Lion SUMMARY The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting is revealing the identity of a British man who has killed wild animals in 5 continents, and is considered to be among the world’s ‘elite’ in the global trophy hunting industry. Malcolm W King has won a staggering 36 top awards with Safari Club International (SCI), and has at least 125 entries in SCI’s Records Book. The combined number of animals required for the awards won by King is 528. Among his awards are prizes for shooting African ‘Big Game’, wild cats, and bears. King has also shot wild sheep, goats, deer and oxen around the world. His exploits have taken him to Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, as well as across Europe. The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting estimates that around 1.7 million animals have been killed by trophy hunters over the past decade, of which over 200,000 were endangered species. Lions are among those species that could be pushed to extinction by trophy hunting. An estimated 10,000 lions have been killed by ‘recreational’ hunters in the last decade. Latest estimates for the African lion population put numbers at around 20,000, with some saying they could be as low as 13,000. Industry groups like Safari Club International promote prizes which actively encourage hunters to kill huge numbers of endangered animals. The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting believes that trophy hunting is an aberration in a civilised society. We believe it is cruel, immoral and archaic, and is doing untold damage to endangered wildlife. The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting has launched a global campaign to close the loophole in CITES - the international law meant to protect endangered wildlife - which currently allows trophy hunters to kill even the most vulnerable animals: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/close-the-loophole-that-allows-hunters-to-kill-endangered- wildlife?source=direct_link& In the U.K., the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting and Zac Goldsmith MP have tabled EDM 1829 calling for a U.K. ban on trophy imports which has won cross-party support from 159 MPs including an unprecedented 4 Westminster party leaders and the chairman of the Conservative 1922 backbench committee: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/52304 ​ For more information visit www.bantrophyhunting.org ​ Malcolm King’s hunting victims Malcolm King has won: - 4 Safari Club International ‘Continental Awards’ for hunting in the South Pacific, Asia, Europe and Africa; - 7 Safari Club International ‘Grand Slam Awards’ including the “Africa 29” (minimum 29 different species), “Dangerous Game of Africa” (minimum 5 different species), “Cats of the World” (minimum 4 different species) and “Bears of the World” (minimum 5 different species); - 25 Safari Club International “Inner Circle Awards” including the ‘Hunting Achievement Award (Diamond - minimum 125 SCI Record Book entries), the ‘Global Hunting Award’ (Gold - minimum 50 different species), and ’Animals of Africa’ (Gold - minimum 61 different species). He has also won the Safari Club International’s coveted “Pinnacle of Achievement Award” (Fourth Pinnacle), and its “Zenith Award”. In addition he has won the “Ullman Award” (Fourth Echelon) which is a European hunting association award. The requirements for each award win by Malcolm King are: SCI CONTINENTAL AWARD: “South Pacific 8” - minimum 8 species from: Banteng, water buffalo, feral ox, blackbuck, chamois, Himalayan tahr, feral goat, Arapawa sheep, red deer, wapiti, Sika deer, Sambar, Javan Rusa deer, Moluccan rusa deer, axis deer, hog deer, European fallow deer, white tailed deer, feral boar, Pacific walrus SCI CONTINENTAL AWARD: “Asia 8” - minimum 8 species from: Eurasian lynx, Eurasian brown bear, Siberian brown bear, Kamchatka brown bear, Amur brown bear, mideastern brown bear, gray wolf, Asian striped hyena, wolverine, feral yak, water buffalo, Nilgai, four horned antelope, Indian gazelle, Kennion gazelle, Persian Goitered gazelle, Hillier Goitered gazelle, Mongolian gazelle, Tibetan gazelle, Przewalski gazelle, Yarkand Goitered gazelle, blackbuck, Russian saiga, Mishmi takin, Sichuan takin, Golden takin, Anatolian chamois, Caucasian chamois, Himalayan tahr, Bezoar ibex, Persian Ibex, Hybrid ibex, Sindh ibex, Nubian ibex, mid Asian Ibex, Himalayan ibex, Siberian ibex, Gobi Ibex, West Caucasian tur, mid Caucasian tur, East Caucasian tur, Astor markhor, Bukharan markhor, Kashmir markhor, Kabul markhor, Sulaiman markhor, Himalayan blue sheep, Chinese blue sheep, dwarf blue sheep, Konya mouflon, Armenian mouflon, Esfahan mouflon, Laristan mouflon, Shiraz mouflon, red sheep, Kerman sheep, Transcaspian urial, Afghan urial, Blanford urial, Punjab urial, Altay argali, Hangay argali, Gobi argali, Marco Polo argali, Karaganda argali, Sair argali, Littledale argali, Gansu argali, Kuruktag argali, Tibetan argali, Tian Shan argali, Severtzov argali, Kamchatka snow sheep, Putorana snow sheep, Koryak snow sheep, Okhotsk snow sheep, Kolyma snow sheep, Yakutia snow sheep, mideastern red deer, Gansu deer, Tian Shan wapiti, Altai wapiti, Alashan wapiti, Manchurian wapiti, white lipped deer, Manchurian sika deer, Indian Sambar, indo-Chinese Sambar, Philippine Sambar, axis deer, Indian hog deer, European roe deer, Siberian roe deer, Chinese roe deer, Philippine brown deer, mouse deer, European moose, Yakutia moose, Chukotka moose, Amur moose, reindeer, Indian muntjac, Reeves muntjac, Eurasian wild boar, bearded pig, jackal, Asian wild cat SCI CONTINENTAL AWARD: “European 12” - minimum 12 species from: European wildcat, Eurasian lynx, Eurasian brown bear, gray wolf, European bison, Russian saiga, Pyrenean chamois, Cantabrian chamois, Alpine chamois, Balkan chamois, Carpathian chamois, Chartreuse chamois, Kri kri Ibex, Gredos ibex, Beceite ibex, Tatra chamois, SE Spanish ibex, Ronda Ibex, Alpine ibex, Balearean goat, Iberian mouflon, Central European mouflon, English red deer, European red deer, Iberian red deer, Scottish red deer, white red deer, Barasingha, European fallow deer, European roe deer, Siberian roe deer, European moose, reindeer, European wild boar, Himalayan tahr, feral goat, aoudad, Dalmatian sheep, Soay sheep, Racka sheep, wapiti, Manchurian sika deer, hog deer, Pere David deer, white tailed deer, Reeves muntjac, water deer, axis deer, water buffalo, hybrid ibex SCI CONTINENTAL AWARD: “African 15” - minimum 12 species and 1 of the ‘Africa Big Five’ (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo) OR 15 species if none of the Africa Big Five. From: African lion, African leopard, small cats, African elephant, African rhinoceros, African buffalo, eland, bongo, kudu, nyala, sitatunga, bushbuck, sable antelope, roan antelope, oryx/gemsbok, waterbuck, lechwe, kob/Puku, reedbuck/rhebok, wildebeest, hartebeest, damalisc, impala, gazelle, steenbok, springbok, Pygmy antelope, dik-dik, Bush duiker, forest duiker, Nubian ibex, aoudad, hippopotamus, wild pig, Nile crocodile, tsessebe, oribi. GRAND SLAM “Cats of the World” Award - minimum 4 species from: African lion, African leopard, African cheetah, wildcat, jaguar, cougar, lynx (Canada/Eurasian), Asian wildcat, serval/caracal/African golden cat/bobcat GRAND SLAM “European Deer Award” Award - minimum 9 species from: European red deer, Iberian red deer, Scottish red deer, English red deer, white red deer, wapiti, white tailed deer, European fallow deer, European roe deer, Siberian roe deer, moose, reindeer, axis deer, hog deer, Pere David deer, Reeves muntjac, water deer, Barasingha, Manchurian sika deer, Japanese sika deer GRAND SLAM “Bears of the World” Award - minimum 5 species from: Alaska brown bear, common grizzly bear, barren ground grizzly bear, polar bear, Continental black bear, coastal black bear, Eurasian brown bear (Europe/Asia), Siberian brown bear, Kamchatka brown bear, Amur brown bear, mideastern brown bear GRAND SLAM “North American Wild Sheep” Award - minimum 4 species from: Dall sheep, Stone sheep, Rocky Mountain sheep, North Baja desert bighorn sheep, Mexican desert bighorn sheep, South Baja desert bighorn sheep, Nelson desert bighorn sheep GRAND SLAM “Moose of the World” Award - minimum 4 species from: Alaska-Yukon moose, Western Canada moose, Eastern Canada moose, Shiras moose, European moose (Europe/Asia), Yakutia moose, Chukotka moose, Amur moose GRAND SLAM “Africa 29” Award- minimum 29 species required of which 3 must be ‘Big Five’ animals (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo) from: Lion, leopard, small cats, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, eland, bongo, kudu, nyala, sitatunga, bushbuck, sable antelope, roan antelope, oryx/gemsbok, waterbuck, lechwe, kob/Puku, reedbuck/rhebok, wildebeest, hartebeest, damalisc, impala, gazelle, springbok, Pygmy antelope, dik-dik, Bush duiker, forest duiker, Nubian ibex, aoudad, hippopotamus, wild pig, Nile crocodile GRAND SLAM “Dangerous Game of Africa” Award- minimum 5 species of which a maximum of 4 of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo) from: Lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, hippopotamus, Nile crocodile INNER CIRCLE AWARD: “Antlered Game of the Americas” (Bronze) - minimum 12 species from: Rocky Mountain elk, Roosevelt elk, Tule elk, Alaska/Yukon moose, Western Canada moose, Eastern Canada moose, Shiras moose, Alaska-Yukon barren ground caribou, Arctic Islands caribou, Mountain caribou, Quebec-Labrador caribou, Woodland caribou, Rocky Mountain mule deer, Desert mike deer, Columbia black-tailed deer, Baja black-tailed deer, Sitka black-tailed deer,
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