Trophy hunter poses with 'Valentine's gift' - the heart of giraffe she just shot

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A trophy hunter poses with her “perfect” Valentine’s gift – the heart of a giraffe she’s just shot. Merelize Van Der Merwe, 32, boasts of how her “wonderful” husband spent £1,500 ($2,115 U. S.) to make her five-year dream come true at a game park last Sunday.

The sick photo she proudly posted on her Facebook page has caused outrage among animal rights campaigners. But the defiant mum astonishingly insists killing the ageing bull giraffe helps SAVE threatened species in South Africa – a claim dismissed by conservationists.

Van Der Merwe, who started hunting at five and has killed up to 500 animals including lions, leopards and elephants, says she posted the snap to taunt the animal rights lobby. “I have no respect for them – I call them the mafia,” she said before excitedly telling all about her dream day.

She plans to use her 17-year-old victim’s skin as a rug – and posted her pic (holding the giraffe’s heart) with the comment:
“Ever wondered how big a giraffe’s heart is? I’m over the moon with my Valentines present!!!”

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/trophy-hunter-poses-valentines-gift-23536043

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I can't say what I'm thinking.

[Deuxcents]

7. Me, either

This is just sickening.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Killing something just because should be punished with long jail terms.

Such people are psychopaths.

[Totally Tunsie]

3. Well now, that's quite an accomplishment...

shooting at and hitting a target as large as a truck. Quite the "hot shot" she is.
, of course.

Such a beautiful animal gunned down in its habitat. Karma has a place for people like this.

[BlueStater]

4. I'll never understand people who see a giraffe and their first thought is "I wanna kill that thing".

Fuck trophy hunters. Sick human garbage.

[magicarpet]

5. I hope a pride of lions and tigers attack her and tear her flesh to shreds.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Mental.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Poachers killed the white giraffe and her white calf.

I don't get those people. It makes me sick.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. When I was a kid in South Africa

People told van der Merwe jokes. In jokes, it was a surname associated with stupidity.

[smirkymonkey]

10. What a sick fuck!

[DenaliDemocrat]

11. I grew up hunting for meat

Deer, elk, goose, and pronghorn were a big part of my diet. Later in life, moose as well.

I don’t understand this type of hunting.

[a kennedy]

12. Totally totally wrong........ugh.

[applegrove]

13. Shooting giraffe is like shooting a cow. They are defenceless. You can't miss they

are so big. You are not brave. You are not a talented shot. You are not a provider. You are just an asshole.

[WarGamer]

14. truly disgusting...

I respect the right to hunt... deer and such things.

But this whole idea of searching the world for the most exotic thing to kill is sick...

And the heart thing... sicker.