American 'professional huntress' Kills Goats in Scotland and is Proud

[Crimson Dynamo]

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The Scottish government is to review the law around animal culling after an American TV hunter angered thousands of people by shooting and posing with animals on the island of Islay.

Larysa Switlyk, who describes herself as a "professional huntress" posted pictures on Twitter next to dead animals, including a goat, stag and sheep, during a trip to the Inner Hebrides islands.

Twitter users condemned the images as "sickening" and "truly abhorrent" but the Scottish Government said responsible and appropriate culling of some wild animals, including deer and goats, is not illegal.

However in response to the growing online criticism, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will consider whether the laws need to be changed.

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-10-25/american-professional-huntress-sparks-outrage-posing-with-dead-goat/

[Crimson Dynamo]

larysaunleashedBeautiful wild goat here on the Island of Islay in Scotland. Such a fun hunt!! They live on the edge of the cliffs of the island and know how to hide well. We hunted hard for a big one for 2 days and finally got on this group. Made a perfect 200 yard shot and dropped him with the @gunwerks and @nightforce_optics ! ( Good thing too because he could have ran off the cliff into the water). Ever interested in hunting Scotland and doing some whisky tours, email larysa@detailcompany.com !

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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"Words cannot describe how amazing this Muskox Hunt in Greenland was .... extremely blessed in every way! Thank you God ! "

[thesheriff443]

The problem is, this is not illegal and business.

Beautiful animals but labelled as a pest that needs culling.

Hundreds and hundreds of deer are killed in a cull and people pay to kill them.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The problem is, this is not illegal and business.

Beautiful animals but labelled as a pest that needs culling.

Hundreds and hundreds of deer are killed in a cull and people pay to kill them.

that Muskox in Greenland is not a pest and neither is the goat on Islay

[Cherie]

these photos make me sick, and whats with the deer stalker hats :umm2:


disgusting human beings

[user104658]

Larysa Switlyk, who describes herself as a "professional huntress" posted pictures on Twitter next to dead animals, including a goat, stag and sheep


A sheep? :think: For one... wouldn't that most likely belong to a farm? Isn't that poaching or summat?

Also surely you could literally walk up to a sheep and stab it, they just stand there, not exactly an impressive hunt :umm2:

[user104658]

That said, I was over on the lovely Isle of Arran a few weeks back where it's pheasant hunting season... they transfer in / breed thousands of them for great hunters to shoot... except I swear to god we could have gotten 10 - 15 in the car, because they just ****ing wander right out in front of the wheels constantly. Again, how can this be "hunting"? They practically walk up to you and commit suicide.

[Oliver_W]

Some rando from the city might be proud of killing sheep and goats, but how can it be anything but routine for a "professional" "huntress" ?

[thesheriff443]

that Muskox in Greenland is not a pest and neither is the goat on Islay

Pest or not, these animals don’t deserve to be killed by the sickos.

[joeysteele]

these photos make me sick, and whats with the deer stalker hats :umm2:


disgusting human beings

My thoughts too.
Posing for pictures, truly sickening.

[Nicky91]

disgusting :yuk: pure evil is that woman

[Crimson Dynamo]

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"Words cannot describe how amazing this Muskox Hunt in Greenland was .... extremely blessed in every way! Thank you God ! "

"extremely blessed in every way! Thank you God"

this illustrates the disgusting twisting of the cult that she proclaims to belong too

a truly ignorant and arrogant woman

[Twosugars]

tbh all hunting for fun should be banned
by all means cull when necessary but let local wildlife wardens etc do it and strip it of any "glamour"
but then Scotland and other countries get good income out of it so they won't do it, at least not yet

[Cherie]

tbh all hunting for fun should be banned
by all means cull when necessary but let local wildlife wardens etc do it and strip it of any "glamour"
but then Scotland and other countries get good income out of it so they won't do it, at least not yet

:clap1:

[Crimson Dynamo]

tbh all hunting for fun should be banned
by all means cull when necessary but let local wildlife wardens etc do it and strip it of any "glamour"
but then Scotland and other countries get good income out of it so they won't do it, at least not yet

That example is of a hideous (probably not even Scottish or a resident) private landowner allowing these cretins to hunt on "his land" for profit

I would imagine that the good people of Islay are sickened

[Matthew.]

scum

[Withano]

Might be a stupid question, but how did that American get that gun in to Scotland in the first place?! As if thats allowed?! :omgno:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Might be a stupid question, but how did that American get that gun in to Scotland in the first place?! As if thats allowed?! :omgno:

she would have applied in advance for a licence to Hunt from the Police and landowner. The gun is hers and if its legal then no problemo

Licences
Owners of firearms and shotguns must be in possession of the appropriate firearms certificate, issued by the local police authority under strict scrutiny. Anyone hunting game must also be in possession of a Game Licence, available from post offices (this does not, however, apply to wildfowl).

[Withano]

she would have applied in advance for a licence to Hunt from the Police and landowner. The gun is hers and if its legal then no problemo

Licences
Owners of firearms and shotguns must be in possession of the appropriate firearms certificate, issued by the local police authority under strict scrutiny. Anyone hunting game must also be in possession of a Game Licence, available from post offices (this does not, however, apply to wildfowl).

Dumb idea

[Twosugars]

btw, channel 4 news had a piece on this last night and they rightly pointed out that a similar photo (same island, also a goat) but of a male hunter appeared not long ago but there was no fuss.

hunting for fun aside, is it worse when a woman does it? is it bc women are associated with nurturing life not killing it?

[Crimson Dynamo]

btw, channel 4 news had a piece on this last night and they rightly pointed out that a similar photo (same island, also a goat) but of a male hunter appeared not long ago but there was no fuss.

hunting for fun aside, is it worse when a woman does it? is it bc women are associated with nurturing life not killing it?

id say so. its more unusual so more likely to be popular on social media

[arista]

btw, channel 4 news had a piece on this last night and they rightly pointed out that a similar photo (same island, also a goat) but of a male hunter appeared not long ago but there was no fuss.

hunting for fun aside, is it worse when a woman does it? is it bc women are associated with nurturing life not killing it?


Yes its Not Lady Like

[Marsh.]

Yes its Not Lady Like

:joker::joker::joker: Nor is it gentlemanly.

[MTVN]

So you can either organise a cull at great expense and fork out for someone to do it or you can have wealthy Americans be the ones who pay to do it and they'll also contribute to the local economy

No brainer for landowners and local authorities

[Livia]

May her barrel always be obstructed and forever backfire in her face.

[Tom4784]

HUNTRESS?!

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Huntress, sweetie, I'm so sorry that this wannabe bitch would even call herself that.

She's a waste of skin. Being proud of killing a goat for no good reason? Scum.

[Maru]

I have to say though, we aren't consistent with our anger here. People take pictures of fish after they are caught (granted, it's for measurement). We brag about pesticide use and kill off entire populations of bugs.

It's just creatures that are more mammal-like that we "empathize" with. i.e. more similar to us than not...

I actually think these pictures are vulgar and are undignifying of the animal they have killed. I don't like the fish ones either. I'm OK with hunting when it's done for culling purposes, and sometimes it's necessary to prevent other animal populations/mating areas to become endangered as well. However, I could never do it myself. Murder another creature in this way.

I feel bad even about killing bugs. I usually try to catch & release. Unless they're roaches. Roaches are awful around here. And need culling. :rant:

I have a paper wasp nest on the side of my house with a larger pop than last year my hubby wants to destroy, but I tell him to leave them because they're not harming us where they are at and help with pollination.

[Tom4784]

I have to say though, we aren't consistent with our anger here. People take pictures of fish after they are caught (granted, it's for measurement). We brag about pesticide use and kill off entire populations of bugs.

It's just creatures that are more mammal-like that we "empathize" with. i.e. more similar to us than not...

I actually think these pictures are vulgar and are undignifying of the animal they have killed. I don't like the fish ones either. I'm OK with hunting when it's done for culling purposes, and sometimes it's necessary to prevent other animal populations/mating areas to become endangered as well. However, I could never do it myself. Murder another creature in this way.

I feel bad even about killing bugs. I usually try to catch & release. Unless they're roaches. Roaches are awful around here. And need culling. :rant:

I have a paper wasp nest on the side of my house with a larger pop than last year my hubby wants to destroy, but I tell him to leave them because they're not harming us where they are at and help with pollination.

You can't compare trophy hunting to fishing or pest control.

Most people that fish will either eat what they catch or they do it for the sport and release fish afterwards. Insects are pests and we use insectiside to rid them from crops and the like. There's a purpose to killing them.

There is no purpose to trophy hunting, there's nothing to be gained for killing a goat for the sport especially considering that, you know, it's a goat, it's not like she took down an apex predator.

[Maru]

You can't compare trophy hunting to fishing or pest control.

Most people that fish will either eat what they catch or they do it for the sport and release fish afterwards. Insects are pests and we use insectiside to rid them from crops and the like. There's a purpose to killing them.

There is no purpose to trophy hunting, there's nothing to be gained for killing a goat for the sport especially considering that, you know, it's a goat, it's not like she took down an apex predator.

Maybe I didn't make it clear in my post, but this would seem to be out of context of my own. I'm referring to the contrasts in the emotive responses to photography and how that contrasts with other photographic habits. I'm not attempting to compare the fields at all... just reactive nature to the photography. (My own issues with bugs in particular are a separate matter)

We seem to have no issues with photographing ourselves with dead fish, dead deer, even when it is just trophy hunting, but with exotic mammals, they are a special class. I don't think there would be as much disdain of the latter issue if there weren't photos. The photos themselves and the reactions they illicit are what make conservation a big issue for so many.

I just think that putting that into the context of how we actually live, it's really interesting the contrast and how that plays out with common activities things like photographing/video-taping a hunt, boiling live animals, pouring oil and lighting a match over an ant-hill for YT fame. These things don't always illicit nearly the same kind of response and the fact we fixate on this in particular is really interesting to me.

[Cal.]

Imagine this being your contribution to the world.

Disgraceful. Ban them from the UK.

[Nicky91]

Imagine this being your contribution to the world.

Disgraceful. Ban them from the UK.

animal cruelty is all over the world, sad but it's true :(


we need to do something about that, animals can't speak for themselves, so we need to speak for them and stand up for them

[Livia]

We're busy wiping out whole species with our greed and our sense of entitlement. Pretty soon we'll have taken every bit of land in order to feed our burgeoning population. Children in the world are dying for the want of a drink of clean water while we in the west are funding IVF. Every time nature comes up with a way to wipe us out, we find a cure for it. It's hard to know how the end will come for humans... wiped out by a pandemic we can't cure? Kill each other off with nuclear weapons? Whichever way it happens we'll sleepwalk into it thinking we're the kings of the world.

[Twosugars]

We're busy wiping out whole species with our greed and our sense of entitlement. Pretty soon we'll have taken every bit of land in order to feed our burgeoning population. Children in the world are dying for the want of a drink of clean water while we in the west are funding IVF. Every time nature comes up with a way to wipe us out, we find a cure for it. It's hard to know how the end will come for humans... wiped out by a pandemic we can't cure? Kill each other off with nuclear weapons? Whichever way it happens we'll sleepwalk into it thinking we're the kings of the world.
well said
we act like parasites :(