Sabrina Corgatelli poses with the carcass of a giraffe.
Credit: Sabrina Corgatelli/Facebook
A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has ignited a firestorm of criticism from animal-rights activists for flaunting online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recent guided hunt in South Africa.
Sabrina Corgatelli, an accountant for Idaho State University, appeared on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday to defend trophy hunting amid mounting international outrage over last month’s killing of Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, by an American dentist.
“Everybody thinks we’re cold-hearted killers and it’s not that,” Corgatelli said in the nationally televised interview. “There is a connection to the animal, and just because we hunt them doesn’t mean we don’t have a respect for them. Giraffes are very dangerous animals. They could hurt you seriously, very quickly.”
Corgatelli first drew attention from a series of photos circulated via her Facebook account that showed her standing proudly with various animals she bagged in South Africa, […]
If Sabrina Corgatelli has a “respect & connection” with the giraffe she killed … Why doesn’t she eat every bite of the meat and use the fur as a coat ? I have never understood hunting for mere sport … And I never will! This story brought tears to my eyes.
Okay, she is now blaming the giraffe for its own death. “They could hurt you seriously, very quickly.” Yes. Especially if they had a gun. Giraffes, unlike Gorgatelli, do not attack without provocation. Gorgatelli, unable to shoulder her own guilt, presents the animal she killed as a predator. This is called projection. And it is totally and completely about her self, her ego, and her guilt.
To me and my family these people who kill animals are in the same class as ISIS.