Cecil the lion became a household name after Minnesota dentist and trophy hunter, Walter Palmer, murdered Cecil in 2015. The news caused international outrage as Cecil was a beloved animal that lured from the protection of the Hwange National Park and then killed. Palmer left Cecil suffering for 12 hours from arrow wounds before authorities […]
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Dentist Walter Palmer who killed Cecil the Lion ‘is spotted hunting sheep in Mongolia’ five years after he slaughtered the famous predator with a bow in Zimbabwe
The American dentist who sparked global outrage when he killed an endangered black-maned lion in 2015 has been sighted hunting again. Walter Palmer, 60, from Minnesota, is reported to have made his return to the blood sport by travelling to Mongolia to slaughter the Altai argali – the largest wild sheep in the world. In […]
Trophy hunter safaris let children slaughter wild animals in sick ‘kids go free’ deals
Bloodthirsty parents are paying for kids as young as four to slaughter exotic animals in Africa – as safari bosses sink to new depths with depraved “U10s go free” trophy hunting packages. One shocking picture shows a bloodstained schoolboy grinning as he stands over the antelope he slaughtered just moments before with a military-grade sniper […]
Michigan Man Pays $400,000 to Kill Harmless Rare Black Rhinoceros
A wealthy American business owner paid $400,000 to kill a rare black rhinoceros in Namibia in an apparent desperate attempt to prove his manliness. He will now be allowed to import the animal’s taxidermied remains into the U.S. in order to show them off. Vile Chris Peyerk of Shelby Township, Michigan, shot the rhino, one […]
This American Trophy Hunter Shot a Sleeping Lion
A few years before Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer infamously killed the beloved Cecil the lion, another pathetic American trophy hunter did something as despicable: he shot a lion in Zimbabwe that was sleeping in the sun. Although this happened in 2011, a disturbing video of the killing recently went viral after Protect All Wildlife, an […]
POLL: Should the MOTV trophy hunting channel be closed down?
My Outdoor TV (MOTV), an online channel that debuted last weekend in the United Kingdom and is already available in the United States, may sound like it celebrates nature and the great outdoors, but that is very far from the case. No, the programming on MOTV – which costs $9.99 a month and is being […]
POLL: Should trophy hunting be banned?
They’re known as canned hunts; captive mammal hunting ranches in the US which offer the chance to shoot a zebra or antelope or even a lion for several thousand dollars. The animals are fenced in and often unafraid of humans so the kills are easy, to the extent that some venues even provide the option […]
Who would want to kill a lion? Inside the minds of trophy hunters
The most elephants that Ron Thomson has ever killed by himself, in one go, is 32. It took him about 15 minutes. Growing up in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Thomson began hunting as a teenager and quickly became expert. From 1959, he worked as a national parks ranger and was regularly called on to kill animals […]
