ALARMING IMAGES has surfaced online of UK holidaymakers posing alongside the lifeless corpses of monkeys killed during hunting trips abroad.
The Mirror first broke the news of Micky Jordan and his friends, who posted a series of pictures on Facebook of themselves posing alongside dead animals in South Africa.
Jordan uploaded several images of himself holding up a dead monkey apparently killed and subsequently posed for a photo as part of a trip organised by Umlilo.
According to Umlilo’s website, the company offers “walk and stalk style hunting” though “ambushing tactics are also used when more suitable” and specialises in three categories of hunting: “Trophy Hunting, Management Hunting and Dangerous Game Hunting.”
The images uploaded to Facebook by Jordan attracted plenty of criticism, with the London-based trophy hunter branded “disgusting” by one follower, while another told him he “should feel ashamed.”
Image: FacebookEvidently missing the point, Jordan fought back, responding: “Didn’t realise everyone was vegetarian.” His response ignores a key difference.
Trophy hunting refers to the practice of hunting animals in order to obtain parts like heads, hides, claws or even the whole stuffed animal for display, rather than subsistence.
Jordan’s images and those his friends also shared on social media serve to highlight that Trophy Hunting is a growing problem.
The Humane Society of the United States estimates that over 126,000 wildlife trophies are imported into the US per year on average.
Image: FacebookAccording to a Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting report cited by The Mirror, British trophy hunters have killed 500 monkeys and baboons over a 30-year period from 1987 to 2017.
They estimate 100 dead monkeys were imported into the UK from Africa in the nine-year period leading up to 2017.
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