Piers Morgan Lays Into Trophy Hunter On Good Morning Britain

When a trophy hunter turns up on breakfast TV to fight their indefensible corner, you have to hope they will be put in their place. Fortunately, Piers Morgan stepped up and made sure he was on Good Morning Britain.

The 'debate', centring around a campaign to ban trophy hunting, started off relatively civilised - as it often does.

Steve Jones, of Safari Club International, argued that 'hunting is a significant contribution to conservation'.

Piers, presumably like the rest of the nation watching on, wasn't having any of that shit, and after pressing Mr Jones, he admitted the reason people trophy hunt is because they 'enjoyed it'.

Having elicited this confession, Piers cranked up his trademark foghorn of disapproval, arguing that the enjoyment of hunting was insignificant justification.

He said: "This debate, is (about) why Britain allows people to go over, pay large amounts of money and bring back the bodies of lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants to this country and hang them on their walls like trophies. That's what we take exception to.

"You say that's because they enjoy it, I say that's not good enough."

At this point, Mr Jones took a moment of pause to consider his response, but as any Good Morning Britain viewer can tell you - there is not time for pause when Piers is on foghorn mode.

Pointing his pen at Mr Jones, Piers decided to escalate the situation.

He said: "I might enjoy spearing you in the back and putting you on the wall in the studio.

"Would you like it if I tracked you down after you leave the studio, put a bow and arrow in you, skin you alive and put you on the wall here?

"Would you like that, just because I enjoy it? Maybe I would enjoy it Steve - so why shouldn't I?"

Mr Jones managed to resist using his knowledge of hunting to explain to Piers that putting a bow and arrow in something is not the correct way to use it, instead replying quite predictably by saying "I might enjoy spearing you too"... Of course you would Mr Jones, you blood thirsty animal.

He went on to add: "I'm sure more people would like your head on the wall than mine."

Hmmm, that's quite the claim Mr Jones. Come to think of it, I think most people's walls are big enough for both.

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Jake Massey

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