Posted on 04/17/2015 12:13:29 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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.
The 41-year-old mother of eight, who's hunted and killed everything from bears, moose and bighorn rams to zebras, lynx and antelopes, downed the beast with a bow and took a picture laying next to its carcass.
That, it seemed, was that. But she never considered what Ricky would think.
Five years later, the comedian Ricky Gervais found the picture and tweeted it to his followers, asking, "What must've happened to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal & then lie next to it smiling?"
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That reminds me, I’ve got to cook pork steaks on the grill today!
Giraffe - The OTHER white meat.
The giraffe didn't seem to mind.
Lol
She is pretty.
And can provide protein
And can breed copiously
What’s not to love about this gal
Bet the same folks who hate her hunting hate her baby making
A lot of these smug a-holes criticizing her are the types that think they don’t kill animals because they buy their meat at the supermarket.
Why so harsh? Except for the incorrectly spelled plural “deer”, I agree completely. Jeez, everybody has an opinion, just like everybody has an a$$hole. Lighten the heck up.
” we had a story about a zoo that killed a giraffe because they had too many, nobody else needed or wanted one, and it was a needless expense.”
Has anybody seen the film of Topsy the elephant who was killed by electrocution at Coney Island in 1903? Now THAT was an inhumane death. (and no, Edison was not present or involved, despite folklore.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD0Q5FeF_wU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
If you agree with that ridiculous nonsense then you’re probably as much a monumental fool as he is.
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