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Real life Big Buck Hunter “Hero” Rebecca Francis thought she had snagged yet another trophy animal when she shot and killed a giraffe in Africa in 2010.
Rebecca Francis has a website and Facebook page dedicated to the animals she has killed in hunts across Africa and America.
Francis, a prolific hunter who has also co-hosted the television show Eye of the Hunter, regularly posts pictures of herself posing next to dead bears, giraffes, buffaloes and zebras, among other animals. She uses a bow and arrow to kill her prey.
The mother-of-eight described her passion for hunting on her website, writing: “We hunt elk and deer every year without fail, even through pregnancy, and nursing babies. Our hunting trips are self-guided.
“I prefer bowhunting, and the animals I have taken with a bow include: a 10 1/2 ft. brown bear, black bear, shiras moose, alaskan moose, dall sheep, stone sheep, desert bighorn ram, rocky mountain bighorn ram, mule deer, whitetail deer, elk, mountain goat, antelope, arapawa ram, kudu, zebra, black wildebeest, giraffe, springbuck, blesbuck, lynx, badger, and squirrel. I have also taken many of the same species and more with a rifle.”
A photo of Francis lying next to the corpse of a giraffe posted by the comedian Ricky Gervais on Monday was re-tweeted over 14,000 times. His tweet was quickly followed by users sharing their disgust at her hunting activities.
What must've happened to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal & then lie next to it smiling? pic.twitter.com/DyYw1T5ck2
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 13, 2015
Agencies/Canadajournal
