Fury on the giraffe hunting photo

A photo of a smiling woman gripping a rifle and standing on the body of a giraffe shot caused an uproar in social media

Photos from the Texan woman Tess Thompson Talley She proudly showed what she called her "dream kill", a rare black giraffe, published on Facebook in June 2017 but has since resurfaced

"Prayers for my dream hunt unique have become reality today! He spotted this rare black giraffe bull and harbaded it for a while, "wrote Talley alongside the controversial photos.

READ: Does the trophy hunt save animals Endangered? He was over 18 years old, 4000 pounds (1800kg) and was lucky enough to be able to get 2,000 pounds (900kg) of meat from him. "

Images circulated widely on the internet after publication Africland Post shared them on Twitter, in what appeared to be their first post in two years.

The caption read: "Wild American whites who are in part a Neanderthal come to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe from South Africa stupidity.He called Tess Thompson Talley. please share. "

The photo was taken in South Africa but the exact location where the hunt took place is not known. Trophy hunting is a legal practice in several African countries including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and wealthy Westerners like Talley pay a lot of money to hunt African animals [19659009] Talley recently defended the images, claiming that what she was doing was actually helping the "conservation" of the species.

"The giraffe that I hunted was the South African giraffe subspecies.The number of these subspecies increases in part because of the hunters and conservation efforts that are largely funded by the big game hunt, "she told Fox News in her first article on the animal being a" rare black giraffe ", now saying that older giraffes are usually darker and "race is not uncommon in any other way that it was very old".

She claimed that the animal was too old In 1965-19003, "It's called conservation by game management," says Talley.

Talley's new claim that the giraffe was not actually breeding and killing three young bulls – a rare breed , contrary to what his first article said, was supported by Julian Fennessy, co-founder of the organization I Giraffe Conservation Foundation ion

Dr. Fennessy says Yahoo Lifestyle that the coat of some male giraffes darken to black as they grow older from the photographed animal is of the South African species ] Giraffa giraffe who "grows up in nature".

"The legal hunt for giraffe is not a reason for their decline, despite the moral and ethical side"

Regardless of whether the animal was part of a rare or rare species no, people were quick to express their indignation over the images.

"It makes me sick, she's a crooked person, to kill a beautiful creature like that for what?" a woman said.

"I just do not understand why someone kills an animal, then gets his picture taken with his dead carcbad and feels good! All I see in this picture, it's a a weak individual who tracks down a helpless creature [sic] and takes his life, "commented another Twitter user

Most commentators were horrified by Talley's actions in his defense.

" What a stupidity . She is a hunter. We admit and encourage hunting as an important tourist activity, "wrote one person.

Another added:" Hunting is a necessary tool to keep animal populations manageable. If people were left unchecked, they would have consequences for agriculture and threaten human populations. "

" Plus it's exciting to hunt something 20 times bigger, which could easily kill you. "