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Trophy hunting is already terrible in every way, but it is even more cruel and cowardly to kill a defenseless animal when they are sleeping. That is what Guy Gorney did in Zimbabwe in 2011 when he killed a sleeping lion. A video surfaced online of Gurney’s ‘hunt’ which shows him killing the lion and celebrating. In the video, he is being ‘guided’ by Mark Vallaro, a professional hunter.
Gorney sneaks up on the sleeping lion and shoots him, jolting him awake in pain. It’s heartbreaking to watch. Even worse, he shows absolutely no remorse and brags about killing over 70 big game animals including rhinos, leopards, elephants, and buffalos. Trophy hunters like him are dangers to wildlife. According to the African Wildlife Foundation, lions can become extinct by 2050 at the current rate of lion hunting and poaching. Therefore, his claim that he trophy hunts for conservation is false.
In a 2015 interview with CBS, Gorney said “I like pitting myself against these animals.” It’s all about himself and his ego as is clear in the video when he celebrates his win. His profile picture on his social media accounts is even a gruesome photo of himself sitting on the dead lion as if he were a king on a throne and holding the dead lion’s head up.
Source: Guy Gorney/Facebook
Trophy hunters like Gorney are only endangering animals that are already at risk to pet their own egos and fulfill their desires of hurting animals that are significantly stronger than them when they are without weapons. To speak up against trophy hunting and make sure that he can no longer kill any more animals for pleasure, sign this petition which asks Zimbabwe’s Minister of Environment, Water, and Climate to not allow Gorney to hunt in Zimbabwe ever again.
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Sometimes programs to fight poachers are financed by legal hunting. You want them to stop giving permits to legal hunters to satisfy some personal morality, even when that will cripple their ability to fight criminals, and endanger even more the animals that you say you want to protect. Why don’t you collect money to help those government fight poachers and criminals? Why do you go against the legal hunters instead of the illegal ones?
JJ HOFFMAN: despite what you say, every single thing that’s caused this plight of the lion is the problem. But aside from people using habitate that was once the lions my big thing is it’s wrong to take the life of any animal for anyones personal reason. Some people are clueless to the trickle down effect that persists once that lion is gone, especially if he has small cubs.
It is NOT the legal hunting that is putting Africa’s animals at risk, it is the poaching that is the problem! Poachers are killing hundreds of healthy animals for their ivory,hides & other parts for wealthy individuals mostly in Asian countries. Poachers will earn thousands of dollars a year, it is how they support themselves. In parts of Africa ex-poachers are paid tohelp guide hunters instead of poaching, it gives them the money needed to live & they in turn will turn in other poachers. If you stop legal hunts the poaching will inct