An American hunter has become one of the most hated figures on social media. Her name, Tess Thompson Talley. She took a picture of herself with the giraffe she had just killed in South Africa.
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She has never been 'so happy'
The young woman posted her picture on all social networks; she seemed to be quite satisfied with herself since she wrote in the caption: 'Yes, I did it! I succeeded. In this picture, you see an 18-year-old giraffe weighing 900 kilograms. I have never been so happy.'
The web was not impressed by this heartless comment. Indeed, several Internet users, both famous and unknown, commented on and retweeted the young woman's words.
One user wrote: 'Sorry if this tweet is a bit intense but I'm sick with rage. This waste of a life Tess Thompson Talley is hunting beautiful creatures for a laugh.'
Worryingly violent petitions have also been created online to 'stop' Tess Thompson Talley.
'We are collecting money to shoot this woman so that she becomes our trophy', one read. Another asked: 'Who knows where this woman lives, so we can intimidate her.'
Tess' response
Tess has hit back at such comments, suggesting that female hunters receive a disproportionate amount of backlash and abuse compared to male hunters. She also claims that the type of giraffe she shot was a species that is increasing in the wild, partly due to hunters, which had a darker skin due to age not due to being a rare species.
