78 000 want US lion hunter banned from SA

Cape Town – A group of South Africans have started a petition to have a US trophy hunter banned from the country after she was photographed alongside a lion carcass.

The Independent reports that Melissa Bachman tweeted a photo of herself smiling next to an adult male lion: “An incredible day hunting in South Africa! Stalked inside 60 yards on this beautiful male lion... what a hunt!”

Cape Town resident, Elan Burman, has started a petition on change.org addressed to the Department of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, and the Private Office of the President.

In the petition Burman says Bachman “is an absolute contradiction to the culture of conservation, this country prides itself on. Her latest Facebook post features her with a lion she has just executed and murdered in our country”.


According to Mirror Bachman is the presenter of an American hunting show – Winchester Deadly Passion – for which she “edits and hunts for a living”, her website says.

Her website, which has since been taken down, and her Facebook page show dozens of pictures of her with a variety of slain animals including bear, crocodile, and game.

The petition, which has amassed over 78 000 supporters, has reignited the debate on South Africa’s canned lion industry.

A ‘Stop Melissa Bachman’ Facebook page has also been initiated and has garnered over 57 000 likes. Cape Town – A group of South Africans have started a petition to have a US trophy hunter banned from the country after she was photographed alongside a lion carcass.

The Independent reports that Melissa Bachman tweeted a photo of herself smiling next to an adult male lion: “An incredible day hunting in South Africa! Stalked inside 60 yards on this beautiful male lion... what a hunt!”

Cape Town resident, Elan Burman, has started a petition on change.org addressed to the Department of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, and the Private Office of the President.

In the petition Burman says Bachman “is an absolute contradiction to the culture of conservation, this country prides itself on. Her latest Facebook post features her with a lion she has just executed and murdered in our country”.

According to Mirror Bachman is the presenter of an American hunting show – Winchester Deadly Passion – for which she “edits and hunts for a living”, her website says.

Her website, which has since been taken down, and her Facebook page show dozens of pictures of her with a variety of slain animals including bear, crocodile, and game.

The petition, which has amassed over 78 000 supporters, has reignited the debate on South Africa’s canned lion industry.

A ‘Stop Melissa Bachman’ Facebook page has also been initiated and has garnered over 57 000 likes.


SOURCE : NEWS24