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Recently Piers Morgan went up a notch in my estimation when he savaged a 12-year-old trophy hunter by threatening to kill her cat.
In case you missed it, it's possibly the greatest minute of Piers Morgan's life.
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Aryanna Gourdin didn't quite know what to say to that. And neither did her father, Eli. They're from Utah.
Her pictures, with a slumped, dead giraffe she had shot, caused outrage, as well as pictures with a dead zebra and antelope. They're extremely upsetting.
Gourdin looking pleased with herself.
Well now a true national treasure, Sir David Attenborough, a 90-year-old legend who has dedicated his life to nature, conservation, preservation and wildlife, inspiring generations to get engaged with the great outdoors and everything that it entails, has had his two cents on trophy hunters, and in particular the same 12-year-old girl, reports The Mirror.
He's not happy, likening her actions to that of someone from the Victorian era.
He said of the killing: "It's what people did in the 19th century. One would've thought people would've gotten over that.
"But apparently there are still people who get a kick out of killing things and taking the lives of others, which is something I find incomprehensible."
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He finds the whole concept of trophy hunting utterly deplorable, and part of a wider problem with many habitats being destroyed.
He finds hunters feeling some kind of pride in committing such an atrocity a perplexing notion:
"What we're talking about is people who go to Africa to go hunting lions and other animals with good antlers or horns, and then posing with them as though they've made some sort of triumph, like they've lorded it over the natural world."
Attenborough rounded up his concerns with this poignant message: "We, and I particularly, have had a wonderful time here on Earth, but I worry whether my great-grandchildren will see some of things I've been able to see."
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When Sir David Attenborough talks, you listen.
Back to 12-year-old Gourdin: If you're old enough to kill an innocent animal, you're old enough to take the criticism that goes with it.
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