A lady, Melissa Bachman angered lovers of wildlife worldwide when she posted a picture of the rare male lion she hunted in South Africa. Hunting is legal in the country but a petition seeking to ban her from ever visiting SA has been signed by many. She has in the past killed other beasts and posted pictures as well.
Read more from Daily Mail after the cut...........
TV presenter Melissa Bachman raised ire when she posted a photo of a mature male lion she allegedly shot and killed on Twitter and Facebook.
Within hours of the post, an online petition by Cape Town resident Elan Burman asking the South African government to ban Bachman from ever returning to the country was launched. The picture depicts Bachman crouching over the carcass of a male lion with its eyes closed, paws either side of its head, as she holds her gun and smiles toothily.
'An incredible say hunting in South Africa!' she tweeted. 'Stalked inside 60 yards on the this beautiful male lion... what a hunt!'
The post provoked a furious response from many Twitter users, who called her 'disgusting' and 'vile.'
'She is an absolute contradiction to the culture of conservation this country prides itself on,' wrote Burman.
Signatory Richard Robinson wrote, 'You didn't kill a lion, you stood behind a machine and pulled a little trigger, you pathetic, sad excuse of a human.'
The African lion is considered a vulnerable species. Numbers are rapidly declining due to loss of habitat and conflict with humans. However, hunting lions is legal in several countries, including South Africa where Bachman bagged her big male.
Bachman's social media pages and website reveal an array of huge beasts that have died after coming in contact with her. The 'Trophy Room' section of her website features a grinning Bachman with dead deer, antelope, alligators, turkeys and hogs. This latest furor is not the first time Bachman has run afoul of anti-hunting groups.
Last year, she was slated to appear on the National Geographic Channel's Ultimate Survivor Alaska but was dropped after a Change.org petition that called Bachman a 'contracted trophy killer' was signed more than 13,000 times in less than 24 hours.
Lourens Mostert, a manager at the Maroi conservancy where Bachman shot the lion said the hunt was legal.
'If it isn't right to hunt these lions, why does out government legally give us permission?' he told the Daily Telegraph.
'This is not the only lion that has been hunted in South Africa this year.'
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