Scotland has pledged to review its hunting laws amid massive public outcry after an American hunter slaughtered some of the nation’s iconic wildlife and posted trophy photos on social media.
Hunter Larysa Switlyk hosts a hunting show called ‘Larysa Unleashed’ on Canadian television and has more than 79,000 followers on Instagram. The trophy hunter visited Scotland over a month ago, following up her trip by posting a handful of photos where she poses with the animals she has murdered with high-powered firearms.
One of the photos shows the woman smiling beside a dead Royal Scottish stag, with the caption “can’t wait to bring it back to the castle for the chefs to cook it up!”
She also posed with the corpses of a wild goat and ram, describing the experience as a “fun hunt.”
Although hunting these animals is legal in the UK, the ensuing public backlash has reached as far as the Scottish government, with many politicians vowing to reconsider the hunting laws.
“We fully understand why so many people find these images of hunted animals being held up as trophies so upsetting,” said Roseanna Cunningham, cabinet secretary for environment, climate change, and land reform in Scotland. “…we understand the concerns raised by these images and, in light of them, the Environment Secretary will review the situation and consider whether any clarification of or changes to the law might be required.”
Switlyk’s social media accounts have blown up, with thousands of users now attacking the self-proclaimed huntress, who says she is even receiving death threats.
If there is one good thing to come from the murder of these innocent animals, it’s that the issue of trophy hunting is now at the forefront of media and political agendas in Scotland. Here’s hoping this cold-hearted killer has triggered a change that will eventually see trophy hunting banned in the nation.
“Yet again, instead of celebrating Scotland’s magnificent wildlife, we are seeing these beautiful animals exploited in the name of sport,” said Moyes. “This is not the kind of tourism we should be encouraging in Scotland, let alone allowing to happen in the 21st century.”
Mankind knows no end to cruelty. One day we will have no wildlife and we can blame it all on mankind! There are already 10 extinct species this last century, all due to food, poachers and trophy hunters! 10! We are a sad species motivated by greed!
Have to refrain from vomiting after seeing that ugly creature called ‘woman’ at the side of the magnificent and beautiful animal! It is hard to keep hate feelings under control for that blown up self proclaimed ‘star’, where I can only see just another deplorable mad egoist.
But no, better to redirect the emotions and send lots of love and compassion to the lovely animals soul!
Isn’t it a shame that the RICH just don’t know what to do with their money. Put it to good use, not killing an endangered animal. Does it make you feel good, for how long, till your on to your next quest. Shame on YOU.
I agree with Lexi… “I associate trophies with achievement, not killing defenseless beings.”
I believe, that this is also ego driven and pompous aka FAT HEADDED!!! Most Hunters, are shallow and just care about THEMSELVES!!!
These Hunters, that hunt for the FRICKEN thrill of it all, have NO REGARD of the PAIN, that these LIVING, BEAUTIFUL animals go through!!!
In to days word, there is SIMPLY NO REASON TO SLAUGHTER ANIMALS, WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING… NO MORE!!!
If you can kill a wild animal then you have a murderous mind and a sick and diseased soul. Please get help!
Please stop this inhumane torture of animals. All lives have value. There are other ways of testing drugs.
This has to be stopped. How can this be legal. These are maginificent creatures. This has to be made illegal
Disgusting. And surprising that the culprit is a female. One would think she has more compassion for living beings.
I’ll never understand why killing beautiful wild animals is considered “trophy” hunting. I associate trophies with achievement, not killing defenseless beings.
Trophy hunting should be illegal all over the world! She is everything disgusting about hunting and deserves death threats!
There is something human missing in anyone that derives pleasure in killing a living breathing being!
A killer by any other name is till a killer. This woman is a serial killer; she kills for the JOY of killing. She is psychopathic!
Completely disgusting!
Quit the killing
No animal should be hunted and killed for the hell of it,so that the self-centred rich can brag and have trophies in their mortuaries of a home.if they want a trophy,stick to the metal ones.They are short of a proper hobby.Round the lot of them up,take them on a shooting weekend where they are the prey
Did you miss the part about she cold not wait to get it to the chef’s?
Braveheart…”FREEDOM!” Women NURTURE. THIS woman is the EXCEPTION…a black-hearted BITCH of major proportions! May the HUNTRESS become the HUNTED! She will not be beaming with FALSE PRIDE when running for HER depraved life! GO, SCO’LAND…with legislation to PROTECT and DEFEND its precious wildlife!
hope someone kills her
I hope the Scottish government will review all the hunting laws as a matter of urgency, and the torment and murder of birds, fish and mammals as a ‘fun sport’ can finally come to an end.
Scotland is not going to do squat. Hunting is a legal activity, around the world. No way is a country going to ban it, because of an outcry by a handful of extremists here.
You sound like an extremist. What’s up troll? Looking for approval or a kick in the balls?
She is scum and eternal shame on cash-to-kill industry. SHAME on Scotland and her people for this. SHAME!
these people make me sick!
why don’t you send your kids out in the open and let us hunt them down….sounds good to me…who needs the brats anyway
In a TV interview on this incident, Scottish farmers claimed that they promote the shooting of wild goats, as the goats aren’t indigenous, but were introduced into Scotland from other countries. If this is the excuse to slaughter an introduced species, then surely all white people (of European descent – including Larysa Switlyk herself) should also be summarily slaughtered, because they aren’t indigenous (being “introduced species” into places like North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, etc)?
Uh what’s with the slam on white people? Plenty of your virtuous persons of colour are into killing and torture of animals…
I agree — they make attempts to conjure up justifications — EXCUSES — for their murder of animals, wild and otherwise — e.g., native species, non-native species, indigenous, introduced species — can you imagine! — as if the rest of the world is so stupid ….
Get rid of Latrysha from the Earth. Give her the electric chair or lethal injection.
This women should have been luck out of the country and not allowed to return so cruel and evil
Hope the bitch comes down with a nice case of agonizing terminal cancer.for what she did. Then I will do the happy dance.
I’ll dance with you!!!!!
I bet she would squeal loud and long if someone hunted her. Now that would be sport
Evil Bitch, hope she gets what is coming to her in the way of Karma, No one gets away with anything.
She’s cruel,abusive and evil. Ban her from Scotland. She might be smiling but she’s not met Karma yet.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with what this young lady is doing. Hunting is a legal activity. You people that are cussing her, need to get a life and stay out of hers.
Charles , she is a killer, a sick individual who enjoys killing. All hunters are unhinged and revolt the majority who see the evil in it. No excuse, enjoy seeing the death of anything indicates a very sick individual.
I am on the forum, as I cannot stand torture of animals, such as the snuffed out kitten, and the dog with the shoelace around his neck, etc, etc. But, there is nothing wrong with hunting. This young woman has done nothing wrong. Many of you are vegetarians, and that is fine if that is what you want to do. But hunting is still a legal and regulated activity. Sure, there are some unethical hunters out there, but most are not. They hunt for table fare, and if they harvest a mature animal in the process, that is great. Least I remind you that the bible tells us that God gave us dominion over the animals. It has been like that for all eternity, and will stay like that. This woman looks to be an intelligent young lady, and there is nothing wrong with what she is doing. You people need to quit trying to force your mores onto others. Get a life and stay out of other’s lives.
I don’t remember God giving the go-ahead to kill for fun. If she did eat the animals she slaughtered there is so much meat there she must be the biggest glutton on two legs. Oh yes I believe gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, so she looses again.
Most hunters are generous people, and share their bounty with others.
Clearly you know little about hunting – the animal is SEDATED and normally shot and maimed a few times and they normally suffer over days while the so called ‘hunter’ track them down with trackers and then only fires the last lethal shot … get the facts before you defend the abusers This is not a fair fight and I bet if the animal could shoot back these murderers wouldn’t be so big and smiling then … the animals are in fenced enclosures also – NO money is worth the murder of innocent lives – I wish I could wipe that ugly evil smile off her face but better yet KARMA will get this murderous bitch from hell – AND fyi – no ‘lady’ acts like a murderous savage and gets pleasure out of torturing sentient beings … clearly you need educating also
Cindy, OMG, what world did you wake up in? I am 61 years old, and have been hunting all my life. I have never seen, nor even heard of such an unethical load of manure that you are trying to convince someone of. Lordy, please get your facts before you open your mouth again.
WHY do you hunt? — You seem to boast when you claim you’ve been hunting for most of your life — again, WHY do you hunt? — why not let the animals be — why not allow them their God-given RIGHT to live? — they too have families — they too WANT to live — WHY murder them? — I find it cruel, depraved and unconscionable — I wish you’d STOP.
Charles, we don’t expect you to understand the unhinged behaviour of killing animals, you are beyond reasoning with. How do you feel when you see the beautiful animal you shoot drop dead.? Makes yo feel powerful eh?? Indicates you have no control in your pathetic life and to kill an animal gives you a sense of power. Useless FOOL.
This was not “hunting” for survival..THIS WAS HUNTING FOR SPORT, HUGE DIFFERENCE. In survival hunting or hunting for meat, the kill isn’t “propped up, looked all cozy upon etc. And the hunters don’t fly all over the world drinking champagne, riding in private luxury jets or looking for that next “trophy kill to parade about”. SHE DOES NOT HUNT FOR TABLE FARE, SO STOP TRYING TO DEFEND HER. And if you are so biblical, look in the bible and read where it says about what animals are clean, that is edible, and what animals are unclean or not edible.
BTW, we all do have a life, AND WE WORK TO DEFEND OTHER LIVES THAT HAVE NO VOICE! If that makes us so bad, boo hoo for you!
Yes, she will eat what she harvests. As I doubt she can take it all back to the USA with her, she will leave to majority of it right there, for others to enjoy. Get your facts straight.
You are a TOOL and a killer, go away.
This woman posing with these poor dead animals is in need of psychiatric help. She obviously has an inferiority complex that prevents her from functioning in society. She can only garner recognition by slaughtering animals which normal people find repugnant
I hope you’re successful… Canadians (and I’m one) and Americans have a real zest for killing anything and everything. A bill to improve laws that protect animals in Canada was recently tabled by Wilson-Raybould who’s a coward for not following through because of fear of offending her party and the conservatives.Very sad. There’s another bill just passed by the Senate that bans the capture and breeding of dolphins, whales, etc. I wonder if politicians in Canada have the guts to pass this one. If not I hope people remember when they vote!!!
I think you had best go back and look..she followed through with Bill #C-84, and it passed second reading in the house on Monday. Oh and she is Liberal, not Conservative.
How anyone could slaughter a beautiful animal for SPORT is way beyond my understanding. And I do not want to understand something like that. Arrogant, with zero respect for life. People like Larysa Switlyk are a waste of space and resources. And this psycho has 79,000 followers. That’s SCARY.
With a bit of luck, the hunter will become the hunted. One less POS.
I’m glad Scotland is doing something useful for a change. The grinning hunter has nothing to be proud about. She should hang her head in shame. She should not be allowed back in Scotland again.
This horrific hobby of animal murder MUST STOP — it is cowardly, shameful : persons creep up on unsuspecting wild animals for the thrill of killing, flaunting pictures of themselves along with their dead animals throughout the world is something that haunts every moral, rational, compassionate, just, decent human being — we cannot allow these magnificent animals to be killed — we MUST ban this kind of hunting NOW — BAN the cruel & unconscionable sport hunting programs / trophy hunting programs — do NOT ALLOW these idiot-monsters the thrill of killing our beautiful animals who, by the way, have every RIGHT to live — BAN trophy hunters and poachers! — BAN ALL hunters!
HOW can anyone in their right mind enjoy snuffing out the lives of other innocent, vulnerable living beings — either you gain self-satisfaction OR you’re trying to impress someone else and gain their favor — which is it? – whatever the answer — STOP MURDERING ANIMALS — YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT — ANIMALS HAVE THE GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES in happiness and comfort — WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
What sort of country has a hunting show on television and glorifies this kind of cruelty and what sort of morons follow this evil woman on Instagram. I hope she is banned from ever entering Scotland again.
Hunting animals is a horrific “sport” . It should be stopped!
She’s been brainwashed by those who believe it is desirable to kill beautiful animals for their own perverted glory. Such barbarism should be outlawed by all civilized human society. She now has the respect and admiration of those who live on the wrong side of karma, those who are a bane to the principals of compassion and respect for all life. What does it take for men to see what they are doing?
Scotland should ban American trophy hunters from entering their country and killing their wildlife resources. Scotland will have everything to lose if they do not take immediate action against these trophy hunters from America. They’re going to Africa and killing wildlife there also and the African governments do not stop these people from coming to entering into their countries with high powered weapons and killing off these animals. America is shameless and Trump is encouraging all these people to hunt and kill in other countries. They’ve made the wolves in their own countries almost extinct and now they’re looking to other parts of the world to satisfy their lust for hunting.
THE WORLD MUST END SENSELESS KILLING & POACHING OF OUR TREASURED ANIMALS. THIS IS UNETHICAL, UNACCEPTABLE & DEPLORABLE. THIS WOMAN IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MENTALLY-ILL KILLER WITH A MILITARY WEAPON. SHE & HER KIND ARE A DISGRACE TO THE USA & HUMAN RACE. (*KARMA)
The pictures don’t show a firearm of any kind, much less a military weapon. How do you know she used a military weapon?
Who cares Charles what weapon was used to kill. None of your points are valid but what would we expect from an animal killer,nothing but blab.
This is horrendous. She should be held r sponsible for this viscous act of over the top animal cruelty. Hopefully Scotland will outlaw all others of her type
She should be comitted to a psychiatric hospital . She is obviously mentally ill if she gets pleasure from slaughtering innocent defenseless animals.
Scotland should ban her from the country, she’s evil
Predators in the wild kill other animals out of necessity otherwise they would not survive. Humans kill other animals by CHOICE!! Our bodies have no need for meat at all. It is NOT acceptable to inflict suffering and death on countless animals for something that is not even necessary.
This view is one I sincerely share with the Animal Rights Advocates Inc.
This is a quote that I sincerely share with Animal Rights Advocates Inc.
One day you could be the trophy. But hang on you are carrying the weapons. On rare occasions machines don’t always work. What goes around comes around.
Trophy hunting is the sickest form of sport if you could it that. Anyone that participates in it is the lowest form of life.
A quote used in the article “The Psychology and Thrill of Trophy Hunting: Is it Criminal?” on Psychologytoday.com
“As for trophy hunting, I think it is probably the kind of animal killing that most resembles murder – murder in the first degree. It is done with planning (premeditation) and without provocation or biological justification. The animals are entirely innocent creatures killed only for ego-gratification and fun. It’s time we began to see this practice as akin to murder.” Kirk Robinson (executive director of the Western Wildlife Conservancy, comment on this essay)
Kirk Robinson has his opinions, and so do others. So what?
As humans our time on this earth could be utilized in a manner. Emulating peace,love & humility & compassion for our fellow earth dwellers animals.
Instead of killing them in enclosed environments for trophys. Such a disgrace. There’s more than enough decaying animal flesh to eat at your local butchers.
First off, this “person” is on US television as she’s from the states. And second, shes turned the tables now and calling the Scottish people ignorant. If anyone is ignorant, it’s her. Hunting for survival and warmth is 1 thing but trophy hunting, posing with the kills, and then getting paid for it?..that crosses a line!!
“Hey Larysa, it’s you who needs to be educated..the animals were here long before your sorry excuse of a carcass was”
BITCH!
Trophy hunting is not sport – sick selfish people kill animals for fun. Explain how the animal is fair game. I never understood how killing something is sport – killing wildlife for kicks is murder period – enoughs enough