I shot a whole family of baboons': Idaho Fish and Game official resigns amid fury over Africa trophy [View all]

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Source: WaPo

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RED ALER! ACTION! Commission member Blake Fischer killed an entire family of baboons & babies He bragged that his wife wanted watch him hunt "So I shot a whole family of baboons" also shot a giraffe & leopard. TAKE ACTION and contact Governor Otter demand Blake Fischer’s removal pic.twitter.com/MDUJVanMOb

— Warrior Activist (@ActivistWarrior) October 13, 2018
Squatting amid loose red dirt and rocks, Blake Fischer posed for a picture, a triumphant grin stretching across his face. Arranged in front of him, resembling a macabre family picture, are the bodies of four baboons. The smallest one’s head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape. Crimson blood stains its abdomen. A quiver of arrows is in the foreground.

The photo landed Fischer, one of Idaho’s Fish and Game commissioners, in the middle of a firestorm of backlash and resulted in Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter asking for his resignation Monday, according to a news release. Fish and Game commissioners are appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms and “are subject to removal by him.” Fischer was recently reappointed to serve until 2022, the Idaho Statesman reported.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/15/i-shot-a-whole-family-of-baboons-idaho-fish-and-game-official-faces-fury-after-africa-trophy-hunting-boasts/?utm_term=.e1c2d6e31c5e