The government has backed legislation which would stop hunters bringing back body parts of thousands of species, including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears, killed abroad. However, after the government accepted two of their proposals - to establish an advisory board on hunting trophies and to limit the power of the secretary of state to add new species to the list the ban would apply to - the pair dropped their other demands for further changes to the bill. Animal charities welcomed the progress of the bill, with Born Free saying it sent "a clear signal that, with wildlife in crisis, allowing rich people to kill wild animals for kicks has no place in the modern world"