European trophy hunters linked to more than 80% of global cheetah kills, report warns

Ajay0 · Oct 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM

A report has linked european trophy hunters to more than 80% of cheetah deaths around the world.

Exclusive: European trophy hunters linked to more than 80% of global cheetah kills, report warns - The European Magazine

European hunters are responsible for the vast majority of endangered cheetahs killed for trophies in recent years, according to a damning new report that accuses the EU of enabling the decline of one of Africa’s most iconic species.

An investigation by the Wildlife & Conservation Foundation (WCF) found that 81 per cent of all cheetah trophies recorded globally between 2018 and 2023 were imported into Europe.

In total, 397 skins and skulls were brought into 26 European countries over the five-year period, despite studies showing that its global population has declined by up to 51% between 2008 and 2023.

Cheetahs now occupy just nine per cent of their historical range. Roughly 3,500 survive in southern Africa, while 2,102 are found in the east and just 419 in the west, centre and north of the continent. A small and highly vulnerable population also persists in Iran.

Stanley Johnson, the former MEP, environmental campaigner and author who helped shape Europe’s earliest conservation laws, said the report underscored a moral and legislative failure.
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