American hunter's images of her black giraffe 'trophy kill' spark outrage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Photos of a female hunter from Kentucky proudly showing off the results of her “dream hunt” – a dead black giraffe in South Africa – have ignited a firestorm across social media after being picked up by a local African media outlet.

“White American savage who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity,” read the June 2018 tweet, posted by Africa Digest. “Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share.”

The controversial images, which were posted by a Kentucky woman identified as Tess Thompson Talley a year ago, show her standing proudly beside a dead giraffe bull along with the caption: “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4000 lbs. and was blessed to be able to get 2000 lbs. of meat from him.”

Trophy hunting is a legal practice in a number of African countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/american-hunters-images-of-her-black-giraffe-trophy-kill-spark-outrage/ar-AAzr6yO?li=BBnb7Kz

[hibbing]

1. Stalked him down....how brave of you

[LanternWaste]

2. I'll never understand the person for whom killing animals is entertaining.

I have a difficult time comprehending a mind that finds killing a joyous and fulfilling experience.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Neither will I. I honestly can't wrap my mind around the idea that

one can take pleasure in killing a helpless animal. In my opinion, people who enjoy killing animals are sick in the head and I wouldn't want anything to do with one of them.

[jberryhill]

3. Fox News piece - how much "outrage" has there been?

[ailsagirl]

4. So barbaric

Inhumane, cruel, disgusting

[kimbutgar]

5. Isn't there a rich rethug with last name Tally

That last name seems familiar.

[lame54]

7. "Wow. How beautiful. how majestic." Blam-Blam-Blam

[NickB79]

8. Deer hunting I get

But then again, I eat the venison I bring home and mostly shoot does, no antlers on my walls. Same goes for squirrel, rabbit, even groundhog (my great-grandma fried them up for my grandpa during the Depression, and I still use her recipe).

But giraffes? Eh, I don't get it.

[spanone]

10. she prayed for the kill. what sick shit.

she was 'blessed' to get 2,000 lbs. of meat....

[Gothmog]

11. There is a special place in hell for this lady

[Number9Dream]

12. Big game hunting does NOT help conservation

https://www.care2.com/causes/why-big-game-hunting-does-not-help-conservation.html

snip> "...stop pretending that trophy hunting revolves around anything more than feeding precious egos. Big game hunting is clearly not helping poaching, it’s not helping community development and it actually often contributes to illegal smuggling. With all this in mind, it’s time to say no to the idea of private trophy hunting in Africa, and start working towards conservation methods that have actually been proven to work."