mo4ch:>‘I’m totally unrepentant’: Hunter who killed 1000s of elephants sparks social media stampede | Mo4ch News
A man who has killed over 5,000 elephants and many other animals has faced a wave of online outcry after claiming he’s “totally unrepentant” since he was only doing what was necessary for population control.Zimbabwean Ron Thomson was named in a recent report by the Campaign To Ban Trophy Hunting (CBTH), whose investigation found that the populations of African savanna elephants in 18 countries have dipped by 30 percent over the last seven years.It also found that in the 10 years between 2004 and 2014, as many as 1.7 million animal trophies had been traded, 200,000 of which were sourced from endangered species.Speaking to the UK’s Independent newspaper, 80-year-old Thomson denied the charge of being a trophy hunter, instead saying his job was “major population reduction.” In addition to the thousands of elephants he’s shot, Thomson’s website credits him with killing over 800 buffalo, 60 lions, and as many as 40 leopards and 50 hippos.“I didn’t have any sentiment. I’m totally unrepentan…