{"id":147771,"date":"2021-12-19T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=147771"},"modified":"2021-12-19T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T10:57:32","slug":"brit-trophy-hunters-post-cruel-snaps-of-reindeer-they-slaughtered-on-kill-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/brit-trophy-hunters-post-cruel-snaps-of-reindeer-they-slaughtered-on-kill-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit trophy hunters post cruel snaps of reindeer they slaughtered on kill trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/lRjtM1vr\/poster.jpg\" data-width=\"100%\" onerror=\"this.parentElement.classList.add('video-thumbnail--unavailable');this.style.display='none'\"><\/p>\n<p>Join the\u00a0Secret\u00a0Elves to get first access to our exclusive reviews of the must-have products this year.<\/p>\n<p>Brits are gunning down reindeer on bloodthirsty hunting trips for a &quot;sick souvenir&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters have forked out \u00a32,000 each for the chance to shoot Santa&apos;s pals in the wild and pose for a selfie with the corpse afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>A Devon-based deer stalking company put on an &apos;Icelandic Safari&apos; where clients claimed a &apos;trophy&apos; each on their first day of trying.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Farrington, 59, who runs Farrington Deer Services in Axminster, Devon boasted about his successful pre-Christmas shooting trip online.<\/p>\n<p>Posting grim snaps of magnificent beasts turned lifeless corpses on a forum for hunters, Mr Farrington said: &quot;We have returned from another trip to Iceland with 100 per cent success \u2013 all hunters taking reindeer bulls on the first day of their hunt.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article25737018.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_reindeer.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He added that the trip abroad in November &quot;brings our results to 12 hunts conducted, with all of the hunters taking their beast during day one&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from a previous hunt put on by Farrington Deer Services show dead reindeer bulls in their natural habitat after being cruelly shot by British hunters, the Mail on Sunday reports.<\/p>\n<p>Not leaving their prized targets behind, another snap shows least three reindeer corpses bundled together and strapped onto the back of a bloodied 4&#215;4 on Iceland&apos;s rocky Eastern Fjords.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters defend the sport as an effective way of preventing reindeer over populating the country as the Icelandic government permits an annual cull of 1,800 reindeer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article25736941.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_reindeeru.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article25736643.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Omicron-will-hospitalise-record-number-of-British-Covid-patients-unless-UK-locks-down-expert-warn.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Omicron will hospitalise &apos;record number&apos; of Brits unless UK locks down, expert warns<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To join Mr Farrington on the trip to Europe&apos;s most remote country next year, bloodthirsty hunters must pay according to their prey. <\/p>\n<p>Shooting a reindeer cow in Iceland over three days with Farrington Deer Services costs \u00a31,890, and for a reindeer bull, \u00a32,165.<\/p>\n<p>In his pitch to hunters to sign up for next year&apos;s &quot;jaunt&quot;, Mr Farrington explains that as the reindeer have moved to a rougher part of terrain in Iceland, &quot;the ground is just too extreme to attempt to extract two carcasses and three men on a single ATV&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Goncalves, founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, said: &quot;Ian Farrington is quite literally making a killing by selling stomach-churning holidays where you can shoot reindeer for &quot;sport&quot;, a smug selfie, and a sick souvenir.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For more shocking stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Reindeer are increasingly endangered. Scientists say hunting is one of the threats driving reindeer towards extinction.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>According to The Farrington website, Iceland is just one of many destinations around the world that the stalking company arranges trips to. <\/p>\n<p>Also advertised on its website are hunts in Italy, Japan and Africa &quot;for the ultimate in game variety and terrain&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Star has approached Mr Farrington for comment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shooting<\/li>\n<li>Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/brit-trophy-hunters-share-cruel-25736796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the\u00a0Secret\u00a0Elves to get first access to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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