Southern African nations wary as UK’s Labor Party commits to hunting trophy ban

FILE - Elephants get a drink in the Chobe National Park in Botswana on March 3, 2013. Botswana is one of six Southern African nations upset that Britain's Labor Party committed to support a ban on the import of hunting trophies.

Some Southern African countries pushing against the United Kingdom’s anti-hunting efforts suffered a blow when the Labor Party, expected to form the next government, committed last week to support a ban on hunting trophy imports.