A Giraffe in the Kruger National Park in South Africa (Photo: Issouf Sanogo, AFP / Getty Images)

Photos of an American hunter posing with the corpse of a "rare" black giraffe that she had just killed during a hunt in South Africa sparked indignation

The photos were published after their posting on Twitter by the site AfricLand Post based in South Africa . Accompanying the post, which shows two pictures of Tess Thompon Talley of Kentucky, were the words: "Wild American white who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe thanks to the stupidity of Africa's South. She calls Tess Thompson Talley. Share it please. "

American animal lovers also expressed horror.

"I'm sick of rage," said a Twitter user identified as Tom Kay. "This waste of life #TessThompsonTalley is chasing beautiful creatures to laugh."

Another tweeter, identified as Jessica Worley, urged people to "name and shame this grotesque excuse for a human being".

Photos were taken from a Thompson Talley hunting trip in June 2017. "Prayers for my dream hunt once in life have come true today," she said in a statement. Facebook post, apparently deleted. "He spotted this rare black giraffe bull and tracked it for a while, I knew it was the only one." He was over 18, 4,000 pounds and was lucky enough to receive 2,000 pounds of meat. "

In 2015, protesters gathered in front of the Minnesota dentist's office, Walter Palmer, after killing a beloved lion.Cecil, near a national park in Zimbabwe

Talley defended his death in an email to Fox News: "The giraffe that I hunted was the South African subspecies of giraffes. in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid largely by big game hunting, which is not uncommon aside from being very old, as giraffes darken with age. "

A number of African countries, reported Fox, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.In South Africa, where animals such as buffalo, elephants and lions are often targeted, the trophy hunt is 2 billion dollars a year.BBC

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For more information: Murder of Cecil the lion arouses large demonstrations, debate To find out more: The death of the lion highlights the problem of poaching in Africa [19659010] Talley also told Fox that the giraffe that she killed was too old to breed re, and killed three younger bulls that could breed.

"This is called conservation by game management," Talley said. actor and animal activist Ricky Gervais, tweeted that 'giraffes now appear on the' red list 'of endangered species due to a 40% drop over the 25 last years. They could disappear. He went forever. He criticized Talley, called him spoiled, and whoever was hunting giraffes.

The actress Debra Messing did not hold back either. "Tess Thompson Talley of Nippa, Kentucky is a disgusting murderer, vile, amoral, ruthless and selfish," she said scoffing.

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