UPDATE: Facebook has today deleted all photographs featuring dead animals from the page of teenage hunter, Kendall Jones.
The Texas teen came to international attention when Facebook photographs of her with the bodies of African animals she had hunted went viral.
Many of the photographs (including those pictured below) have now been removed by the social networking site for violating community standards.
A statement released by Facebook today claims they strive to remove all, ” reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organised fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse”.
Despite this, in the last week alone, Jones’ page has grown from 12,000 to over 470,000 followers. A representative also told Buzzfeed, it is likely a new TV show based on her life will still air next year.
Mamamia previously wrote:
Warning: The images in this post might be distressing for some readers.
This is Kendall.
As much as I’d love to refer to her as The Anti-Bindi, her real name is Kendall Jones.
The animal next to Jones is the Lion she’s just shot and killed.
Jones is a 19-year-old hunter from Texas that’s literally gunning to have her own hunting TV show next year.
She came to worldwide fame over the past week after she uploaded pictures of her African ‘harvests’ to Facebook. Since then, Jones has become the target of a petition from upwards of 40,000 people who want her public Facebook page (Kendall Jones) taken down.
Because basically, if a serial killer had a trophy cabinet, Jones’ Facebook page would be the modern day version.
(Just be aware that these images could be distressing for some readers.)
At the time this post went live, 41,196 people had signed the petition for Jones’ photos to be removed from social media.
The petition reads:
Top Comments
What is wrong with hunting? Are you aware of what the hunting industry does FOR Africa? First, all the meat from animals is given to the local tribes. You aren't allowed to take the meat home. Second, hunters pay thousands of dollars for the opportunity to hunt, and THAT money helps to fight poaching and fund other conservation efforts. Perhaps you should do some research on the topic before you condemn it.Third, there are some sub-species within a species. Just because some lions are endangered doesn't mean all are. You aren't permitted to legally hunt endangered animals, even in Africa. Get over yourself and get your facts straight. To otherwise just makes you sound like an idiot.
-what happened to freedom of expression?
-she isn't doing anything illegal.
-like one person commented below me "Now Facebook bows to community pressure, another win for the crazy censorship in our society"
-all you people who signed this petition to get her photos off Facebook, why don't we go through all your posts and kick you off based off of what i or someone else thought was morally wrong with you? You don't want to see it? Don't look. You don't like it? You want to do something about it? Don't try to cover it up and pretend it never happened. Express your opinion but realize that so does everyone else.