Share this Story: Trophy hunter posts gruesome photo of dead giraffe — and its heartTrophy hunter posts gruesome photo of dead giraffe — and its heart 'You can't hunt anymore because people will be triggered and mob attack you like a bunch of hyenas,' she said in a Facebook post defending herself from critics Photo by FacebookArticle content A trophy hunter who posted a photograph of herself holding the heart of a giraffe she had just killed has lashed out at her critics after thousands signed a petition to ban her from Facebook. “You can’t hunt anymore because people will be triggered and mob attack you like a bunch of hyenas,” Merelize Van Der Merwe wrote in a Facebook post. The... Posted by Merelize van der Merwe on Wednesday, February 17, 2021Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Van Der Merwe also posted a video of her shooting the giraffe in the neck from a distance and following up with another shot at closer range. !” Van Der Merwe has more than 95,000 Facebook followers, but many of the thousands of responses to her posts were negative, with some people accusing her of being a sociopath.

Source: National Post February 23, 2021 21:32 UTC