Trophy hunter creeps up on sleeping lion, shoots HIM, watches HIM writhe in agony and then celebrates HIS death
The hunter fires one shot, and awakes the lion, which arches HIS back in pain and looks around at where the attack has come from. Before the lion can understand the assault against it, the hunter fires a second and third shot.
STEPHANIE HANEY: ‘A harrowing video of the moment a hunter shoots and kills a sleeping lion in the wild has swept social media. The clip was posted by the Twitter account @Protect_Wldlife on Monday, without any identifying details about the shooter or where the incident took place, save for the guide calling the man by last name, potentially saying, ‘Mr. Goney’ or ‘Mr. Gooney’. Neither man has been identified and the video is undated. It is unclear where it was taken but the guide has a South African accent… People on social media have called for the man to be identified…
The video shows an unnamed hunter, who is referred to by last name but inaudibly, pointing a rifle at a sleeping lion while he’s being coached to shoot. The hunter fires one shot, and awakes the lion, which arches its HER back in pain and looks around at where the attack has come from. Before the lion can understand the assault against it, the hunter fires a second and third shot. The person guiding the shooter then tells him to stop, saying, ‘OK, OK, don’t do any more’… At the current rate of lion hunting and poaching, the majestic animals could go extinct by the year 2050, according to the African Wildlife Foundation’. SOURCE…
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