Trophy hunter children pose next to bodies of grizzly bears and lions
The latest anger comes after photos emerged of trophy hunter Tess Thompson Talley posing alongside the corpse of a rare black giraffe. On the same day, Jaco van Vuuren Safaris from Limpopo Province in South Africa, which is owned and operated by professional hunter Jaco van Vuuren and his wife Tanya, also shared a snap of what appeared to show a father and son from Tajikistan alongside a lion they had killed. They wrote: “Congratulations on hunting this majestic animal.” Alaskan hunter Kyle Virgin posted a picture of his daughter Aubrey with her first grizzly bear kill, sending a chilling warning that a spate of animal killings by young children is only just beginning.
He said: “I despise the thought that kids are too young to take hunting. “We’ve been having people claim there’s no way a nine year old could have killed this bear. Keep watching, we’ve only just begun.” Leo Murray from Queenstown in New Zealand posted a picture of a young boy with a toy gun alongside the decapitated head of a stag, adding: “Hunting is in our blood. Zeb, you little legend.” Another chilling image shows a young boy staring at his tablet computer while leaning against the corpse of a dead female lion.
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Hunter ‘Ryan the Buddha from Wisconsin’ proudly shared a family photo in the driveway with his wife and two daughters alongside a stuffed mountain lion. He wrote: “The girls said they wanted another cat.” Tess Thompson Talley posted the snaps of herself with the corpse of the rare black giraffe on Facebook after a trip to South Africa last year. She wrote alongside the photos: “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite awhile,' the 37-year-old posted alongside the photos.
Instagram/a_lallie A boy is seen using his tablet computer while leaning against the corpse of a dead female lion
“I knew it was the one. He was over 18-years-old, 4,000lbs and was blessed to be able to get 2,000lbs of meat from him.” But her pictures have caused outrage, with Africland sharing her pictures on their Twitter page on June 16, attracting 8,200 mostly furious comments and 45,000 retweets. It said with the post: “White american savage who is partly a neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtrsey of South Africa stupidity. “Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share.”
Tess Thompson Talley Facebook Tess Thompson Talley's pictures with a dead giraffe have caused outrage