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I do not think that hunting rifles is the main problem here O**


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More drama:

Kentucky woman posing with slain giraffe in SA sparks online outrage


Tuesday 3 July 2018 - 6:14am

File: Tess Thompson Talley wrote about the hunt in a since-deleted post on Facebook. Photo: Facebook / Tess Thompson Talley

KENTUCKY - Images of a Kentucky hunter posing with the body of a black giraffe she killed in South Africa have triggered an online backlash after going viral on social media.

Thousands of Twitter users expressed outrage at Tess Thompson Talley (37) for killing the giraffe on a hunting trip last summer.

“Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite awhile,” Talley wrote in a since-deleted post on Facebook, according to USA Today.

The post said the animal was more than 18 years old, weighed 4,000 lbs and yielded 2,000 lbs of meat. On average, giraffes have a 25-year lifespan, according to National Geographic.

Efforts to reach Talley for comment were unsuccessful.

The pictures went viral only recently after being reposted on Twitter last month by the website Africalandpost. The online condemnation was swift.

Debra Messing, an actress best known for her role in the NBC TV series "Will and Grace," described Talley on Instagram as a “disgusting, vile, amoral, heartless, selfish murderer.”

Tess Thompson Talley from Nippa, Kentucky is a disgusting, vile, amoral, heartless, selfish murderer. With joy in her black heart and a beaming smile she lies next to the dead carcass of a *rare* black giraffe in South Africa. Giraffes are the epitome of gentle giants. They glide across the plains, like liquid; awe inspiring creatures who spend their days eating leaves and caring for their young. How DARE she. A rare animal that will be extinct by the time her grandchildren can go and gutlessly sit in the brush with a scope and pull a trigger. It does not take skill to have a ranger track a giraffe for you, and with the aid of night vision glasses and a scope, pull a trigger like some Carnival game. If you need to eat a giraffe? Get a bow and arrow and make it at least a fair fight. I am disgusted by people like you Tess. You reek of privilege and ignorance. Shame on you. And your husband Andrew Claude. Unconscionable. Irreparable damage. Irreplaceable beauty. #tessthompsontalley #trophyhunting #trophyhunter (SWIPE)

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Comedian Ricky Gervais, who often posts about animal conservation issues, called Talley a profanity on Twitter and lamented giraffes being endangered.

Talley defended herself in an email to Fox News in a story posted on its website, saying the giraffe was a member of a South African sub-species that is not rare.

"The numbers of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting,” she said.

Big game hunting is legal in South Africa, where the industry and related tourism brings in $2-billion annually, according to the BBC.

Giraffes were classified as "vulnerable" in 2016 by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which manages the list of endangered species worldwide. The number of giraffes in sub-Saharan Africa has dropped by nearly 40 percent since 1985, according to the organization.

Talley is not the first American who has come under fire for big game hunting. In 2015 a Minneapolis dentist prompted fury for killing Cecil, a famous Zimbabwean lion.

US President Donald Trump’s sons Donald Jr. and Eric both enjoy big-game hunting, according to their father. Pictures of them posing with animals they had killed in 2011, including a leopard, drew criticism after resurfacing in 2016.

Reuters


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First the giraffe is rare and when feeling the all over atmosphere, it is not rare anymore. And it is true that giraffes are endangered.

What kind of satisfaction can a person get from killing a giraffe? :evil:

Better not post on a social media if you are a trophy hunter. It will get you in trouble :yes:


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Lis, as I was reading my first thought was why do these people continue to post these pics when they know the backlash that will follow!! 0- 0*\


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Maybe they are naiv enough to think that there are lots of admirers :O^


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Why should one not post something that was an achievement for you? She broke no law and kudos to her for not bowing down to the stupid social media vampires. X#X X#X X#X


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You'll end up on a wall, RP :twisted:


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Ja, someone will hunt you soon! ^0^

But honestly RP, do you admire someone when you see a pic of them gloating over a dead animal? :-?


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No, I don't care either way. Not my thing. But I'm sure some things I like would shock others? -O-


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