BOISE, IDAHO — A top Idaho wildlife official has resigned amid outrage over a photo of him posing with a baboon family he killed in Africa. The baboon family photo showed blood visible on the abdomen of the smallest baboon, its head lolling back to rest on the chest of one of the dead adult baboons. Most of the photos with the animals were posed, like the big game hunting photos from Idaho and other Western U.S. states showing hunters with dead deer, elk and mountain lions. The photo of the baboons caused at least two former Idaho Fish and Game Commission members to call for Fischer’s resignation. The commission Fischer served on makes policy decisions about Idaho’s wildlife, and it often manages game populations through hunting and fishing regulations.

Source: thestar October 16, 2018 14:26 UTC