Photos of a woman posing with a dead giraffe she apparently killed while on a hunting trip to Africa have sparked outrage online.
The images, from an account called AfricaDigest, show a woman posing in front of the dead giraffe with a gun in her hand. In one of the images, the woman is pointing to the sky.
鈥淲hite American savage who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity,鈥� the tweet states.
White american savage who is partly a neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe coutrsey of South Africa stupidity. Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share
鈥� AfricaDigest (@africlandpost)
The images have caused a firestorm online, including vulgar language from actor and harsh comments from actress Debra Messing.
鈥淚 am disgusted by people like you Tess,鈥� 鈥淵ou reek of privilege and ignorance.鈥�
AfricaDigest identified the woman in the photos as Tess Thompson Talley. show the woman posing with several exotic animals.
USA Today reported the giraffe photos were taken from a now-deleted Facebook post from June 2017.
鈥淧rayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today!鈥� Talley was said to have written in the post. 鈥淪potted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite awhile. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4,000 (pounds) and was blessed to be able to get 2,000 (pounds) of meat from him."
In a recent email to Fox News, Talley backtracked on calling the giraffe 鈥渞are.鈥�
鈥淭he number of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old.鈥�
In 2017, the U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council pushed for giraffes to be added to the endangered species list as populations of the animal had fallen 40 per cent since 1985.
According to the , a website specializing in African hunting, it is legal to hunt for giraffes in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Musician Ted Nugent, who was given two years鈥� probation in 2012 for illegally killing and transporting an American black bear in Alaska, saying: 鈥淕iraffes must be managed just like deer and elk and bears and cougars.鈥�
People who would enjoy killing an utterly harmless endangered species using a gigantic store bought weapon for entertainment, then pose for a photo like they accomplished a great feat hitting an animal the size of a barn? THEY are the ones we should kick out.
鈥� Walter Shaub (@waltshaub)
THIS is how you鈥檙e supposed to treat a giraffe, not kill them because you need animal heads on your creepy wall at home. This is @ King.jjaffi from Ghana ����
鈥� prettylittlething���� (@shann___xx)
A disgusting worthless animal, posing next to a beautiful giraffe she just murdered for fun.
鈥� Ramy Abbas Issa (@RamyCol)
What is wrong with people? �� .
鈥� TheAliQ! (@TheAliQ)
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This is who has made headlines lately for bragging about killing 鈥榓 rare black giraffe bull鈥� (pictured)
_ are facing a silent extinction. Their population has plummeted by 40% in recent鈥�
, Tess very proud of you and your efforts for conversation. You are to be commended for your excellent choice of game and quality hunts. I鈥檓 sorry for the unintelligent people that try to shame you for doing the right thing in harvesting this beautiful animal.
鈥� Robert McBrayer (@rwmcbrayer)
You folks busting Miss down are wrong. Hunting is conservation. No where in the world hunting is more regulated than South Africa. The bull was old and mean.Biologists choose this bull to be culled. Rather he kills more younger bulls ??(decision time)
鈥� Shawn (@alaskanshawn)
