Chelsy Under Fire For Advocating African Hunting
Prince Harry’s girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, is under fire from animal rights campaigners after attending a convention to promote big game hunting in Africa.
Chelsy, whose father has made millions operating a safari in Zimbabwe, attended the Safari Club International Event in Nevada, USA. The Safari Club is a non-profit organisation that prides itself on being the “leader in protecting the freedom to hunt”.
Tim Phillips, of Animal Defenders International, has criticised Chelsy for being an advocate for the organisation. He is quoted as saying “Safari Club is a group who are happy to hunt and kill pretty much animal that moves. For Chelsy to put her name, and the mark of the Royal Family, to that is disgraceful. The British public will be disgusted.”
April 2nd, 2007 12:21
It’s not surprising that Prince Harry has chosen for a girlfriend someone who is involved in abusing animals. Her father has made a fortune out of massacring wildlife life for fun. What a shining example these people are. They are all disgusting. It seems the royals prefer the company of people who indulge in cruelty towards animals, despite the Queen being Patron of the RSPCA – what a mockery!! Prince Philip is a prime example – he used to be president of WWF – what hypocrisy. I hope that when Chelsy Davy, her father and his vile gun-toting clients and all the animal abusing royals are on their deathbeds that they are confronted by the souls of the animals they murdered for entertainment during their worthless lives.
April 2nd, 2007 12:33
Disgusting!
April 2nd, 2007 12:38
What else would we expect? They are all disgusting.
April 2nd, 2007 12:49
I am not surprised really, after all, the Royal family is known for their cruel sports, Polo, Fox Hunting, fishing etc, so why should we be surprised when we hear Harry’s girlfriend is promoting Big game hunting….
SHAME ON THEM !!!!!
C Ray.
April 2nd, 2007 13:00
It is very sad that a member of the british royal family promote the animal killing for entertainment
April 2nd, 2007 13:09
Hunting is a cruel and unnecessary “thrill” for those not smart enough to pursue other “hobbies, habits or “sports” that normal people do.
Isn’t there enough killing of helpless animals that this shouldn’t be further perpetuated?
Get real – get a life!!!
April 2nd, 2007 13:31
Well her parents own and operate this kind of SAFARI park so what else could one expect from her and of course he follows like the little puppy !
When you ask people what it means to go on safari they usually reply by saying it is a lovely treck through the African countryside with camera’s in hand – looking at and photographing beautiful and protected wildlife ! Not so – not on this kind of Safari ! Here we have the most amazing animals, bred for the sole purpose of wealthy, cowardly men and women picking up guns going out on what they call a ‘ hunt ‘ in their landrovers and shooting them down ! It is a status symbol for those who take part in this barbaric slaughter of captive bred animals – they will also try to justify it by saying that this is CONSERVATION as they are not taking from the ‘ wild ‘ – - the killing disgusts me – these kind of people disgust me !
How wonderful and challenging it is to be able to hunt with a camera and leave the wildlife to live on as they are meant to !
April 2nd, 2007 13:35
I no longer get angry — just sad — when I hear that a public figure comes out in the open to support barbarian acts such as hunting. This is such an act of cowardness because the hunted cannot fight back in fair competition.
This woman would be infinitely more useful to herself and to the world if she put her energy into something that would enhance humanity, not bring it to a level lower than what it is already.
April 2nd, 2007 13:36
I am extremely shocked with the news and very very disappointed.
Isabel Reinhards
April 2nd, 2007 13:49
They couldn’t care a less about our views, as they think it’s their royal right to do what they like. Hunting and killing defenseless animals is sick, no matter who you are.
April 2nd, 2007 13:55
I know for a fact that Prince Harry’s mother Diana, opposed hunting and shooting. So why is Harry following on his father’s family traditions of hunting and shooting? More and more members of the public at large disagree with this type of animal cruelty. If Prince Harry and his girlfriend want respect in the future, then show the people of this country that you are a compassionate, caring person – like your mother was. And put your time and energies into doing worthwhile things for humanity and animal welfare. Only then will you gain the respect you will need to hold onto the Royal throne.
April 2nd, 2007 14:02
I can’t believe the really little dimension of brain and heart of hunters…
April 2nd, 2007 14:24
I’m not amazed at all. So called “upper-class” people live in disdain for anything not belonging to their incrowd, humans as well as non humans. They don’t pity and they don’t have moral considerations; they go their own way as long as they can go unpunished. As they have the Might, they take the Right.
April 2nd, 2007 14:43
Barbarians. anyone who can kill an animal for fun is mentally disabled. They lack empathy, compassion, common sense but most of all HEART.
April 2nd, 2007 14:59
It’s about time we did what the French did back in 1789…
April 2nd, 2007 15:07
Prince Harry, I knew your mother and she would be absolutely disgusted with your girlfriend.
Big game hunting must be stopped if we are to have any big game left for our children.
Use you voice and end this horror.
April 2nd, 2007 15:23
Another nail in the coffin of the out-of-touch monarchy. The sooner it is abolished the better.
April 2nd, 2007 15:26
Killing animals for “pleasure” is cruel,disgusting and beyond contempt.
SHAME ON YOU ALL FOR YOU ARE MURDERERS.
One day you will have to condone for your sins so how will you explain that you killed innocents for PLEASURE.
I would like to send you out and then be given a gun to hunt you! see how you like that! MORONS.
April 2nd, 2007 15:27
hunting down animals is not a sport it is murder shame on you
April 2nd, 2007 15:28
hunting down animals is not a sport it is murder , shame on you
April 2nd, 2007 15:41
Those who enjoy torturing and killing living creatures are poster children for moral idiocy. They take joy in the ugliness of pain and death, enjoy inflicting it, and thereby give way to the basest of human emotions. By what perversion has a necessity for survival become a bloodlust for fun and profit? In this day and age, only the ignorant and the arrogant hunt. Those who enjoy and promote canned hunts are simply the lazy and the gauche. May intelligence win the battle with ignorance, and eliminate cruelty for fun. In sophisticated circles, hunting simply isn’t done.
April 2nd, 2007 15:45
It is the responsibility of the monarchy to reflect the views of it’s nation. They never have. The majority of the population in Britain despises hunting of any kind but the Royal Family continue to do it regardless. Unfortunately this latest debacle involving Chelsy Davy is hardly surprising. She is absolutely pitiful and I am starting to agree with these comments about doing away the monarchy entirely.
April 2nd, 2007 15:58
I am shocked that a modern young woman could consider big game hunting is a worthy pursuit when hunting has been banned in her own country for reasons which her intelligence should dictate. This is an appalling reflection on her moral standards and demonstrates a pathetic arrogance.
April 2nd, 2007 16:06
It’s so sad that in this day and age someone would support something so cruel as the ’sport’ of hunting. It’s views like this that make people despise the British monarchy and hope for it to end.
April 2nd, 2007 16:07
It is high time the British society did away with the “monarchy” — What for? I have never seen anything good come out of that crowd. Princes and princesses for whom? Who need these people. Sack them while there still time!
April 2nd, 2007 16:29
You take a little child and expose it to the cruel excesses of it’s father and grandfather, you take its mother out of the picture and you let it mix with similarly disadvantaged, emotionally deprived youngsters and what do you end up with? Perverts and blood junkies.
Don’t be surprised, don’t be disappointed with them, they are just running true to type. We have moved on but they haven’t. They don’t have to. They have money, power and the inertia of the english keeping them in power.
April 2nd, 2007 16:41
She will be marrying into the right family, no problems there, Charles hunting, his father blasting birds out of the sky, hand reared for this very purpose by highly paid servants, the Queen loves National Hunt racing, where horses are shot after breaking their legs jumping 6 foot fences at Liverpool.
Welcome to the family Chelsey, maybe a honeymoon blasting Lions and Elephants with high powered rifles in your native South Africa? So what’s new with our sybaritic Royals?
April 2nd, 2007 16:54
why don’t you chop their heads? Time to follow the French way of dealing with royal bastards.
April 2nd, 2007 16:56
Joe public’s views do not matter, they do as they see fit. Just like the Countryside Alliance – if it moves shoot it or hunt it.
They probably traded in slaves 200 years ago, thats what gives them the money to hunt.
April 2nd, 2007 19:26
Please visit my webpage above. Hunting in this day & age is all about ego, and man’s thirst to kill!! Endangered, is what we will all be, if we let this type of nonsense continue. Animals are here for a purpose, not for our entertainment, and torture!!!
April 2nd, 2007 19:37
Shame on this silly spoiled “human being” for promoting big game hunting.
Chelsy, your nothing but despicable.
April 2nd, 2007 19:45
The British royals would improve their image beyond measure; if they would only behave as civilized environmentally conscience folk behave.
STOP with the blood sports. You’re living in the Dark Ages. Think about what you are doing, for a change. The more genteel element in society finds hunting to be completely unacceptable and the people who indulge in blood sports to be completely offensive. Let the change begin with Charles. He talks to his plants. How about talking to wild life instead? And Harry – Rid yourself of a girlfriend who is a walking advert for the killing of animals.
April 2nd, 2007 20:00
We urge Harry, Chelsy, and their dads to take a look at our website http://www.all-creatures.org/cash. They will find so many reasons to give up hunting. They range from cruelty to environmental, and even social.
But I guess anyone who goes to a party in a Nazi uniform and thinks it’s funny, would also think that blasting wildlife is a gas as well.
April 2nd, 2007 20:08
Really nice LADY you have there Prince. Mom is rolling in her grave. This does her classy image a huge disservice.
Do her proud instead. Bog game hunting is a royal disgrace.
April 2nd, 2007 20:12
Prince Harry’s mother would be appalled, as am I.
Shame on him and his little spoiled girlfriend.
People should respect other life forms on this planet and until we do, we will continue to kill our planet and all that call it home.
April 2nd, 2007 20:27
Prince Harry and your girl friend -shame on you!
Have you no respect for life? Animals have feelings just like you do.
Disgusting!
April 2nd, 2007 20:37
What else would you expect from some inbred degenerates? In any civilized country the bunch would be institutionalized
April 2nd, 2007 20:41
THE ACTIONS OF PRINCESS DIANA’S SON, HIS CHOICE OF FEMALE COMPANIONSHIP AND THE HEARTLESS CAVALIER ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATURE’S CREATURES ARE BLACK MARKS ON HIS MOTHER’S MEMORY.
IF HIS MOTHER HAD LIVED PERHAPS BOTH HER CHILDREN WOULD HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE MONARCHY TRADITIONS OF HUNT AND DESTROY TO HEIGHTS OF COMPASSION AND RESPONSIBILITY.
IT APPEARS THAT THEIR STATION IN ROYALTY HAS ONLY LEFT THEM WITH A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT THAT THEIR BEHAVIOR IS ACCEPTABLE NO MATTER HOW DEPLORABLE AN EXAMPLE THEY SET.
April 2nd, 2007 20:42
“Compassion is most important for happiness. We must treat fellow human beings as equal, that is very important, but also all beings who have capacity for feeling. So the innate desire for happiness that is the basis of human rights extends to all sentient beings, including animals and insects. There are now some individuals and organizations who care about animal rights and are showing concern about the suffering or torture of animals. I have noticed among ordinary people, out of their love and compassion, growing efforts for promotion of vegetarianism. These are the right kinds of expression of compassion, very positive and encouraging signs.” — His Holiness the Dalai Lama
April 2nd, 2007 20:51
We recently learned that Prince Harry’s girlfriend attended a convention to promote big game hunting in Africa. Her actions are totally unacceptable!
Animals must not be harmed and killed for peoples entertainment.
April 2nd, 2007 21:46
disgusting.
April 2nd, 2007 22:44
“Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality.” ~ His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
April 2nd, 2007 22:58
Royals in Britain have been always on a display. This young lady does not understand that her actions are visible across the globe. I hope she does not become another “Princess..”
April 2nd, 2007 23:32
How very very sad that Chelsy would promote this brutal blood bath….and sad that Prince William would even associate with her….also terribly sad that Chelsy’s father makes his living off the SUFFERING of these defenseless animals!
I am sure Princess Di would NOT be happy with her son’s choice of a girlfriend that clearly has no compassion for our animal friends. Diana raised her children to be compassionate….her teachings to them appear to be in vain…
Stalking and killing helpless animals is pathetic and so is the likes of Chela for promoting this blood sport! William, you can do much better in your choice of a girlfriend…dump this idiot and be with someone your mom would approve of..one that has a HEART full of COMPASSION for our animal friends…tho what can we expect when you are influenced by a father that has taught you to not respect and care for our animal friends. Sad. Very sad.
April 2nd, 2007 23:35
Princess Diana must be turning in her grave! Surely, Prince William must remember how his mother felt about hunting? For a young woman to condone killing animals for fun in this day and age is totally unacceptable; for Prince William to date such a person, is disappointing.
April 2nd, 2007 23:38
Am not surprised at all – it seems that royals consider it fair game to condone the torture and massacre of animals for fun and relaxation – shame on Prince Harry and his girlfriend – don’t think his mother would have approved!
April 2nd, 2007 23:40
Why is anyone surprised? Isn’t it just typical of the royal family to kill animals for fun? It’s a shame that young Harry would perpetuate this obscenity and date a girl who thinks it’s fun, too.
April 2nd, 2007 23:49
Princess Diana was opposed to blood sport. She knew how little “sport” was truly involved. How sad that one of her sons keeps company that shames her memory. Too bad Diana didn’t live longer so she could influence them away from this type of thing.
April 3rd, 2007 00:00
This age-old tradition of hunting is out-dated and the royal family should keep up with the progressive world we live in.
I’m sure they are aware of the turn the world has taken towards animal cruelty and the welfare of animals, and just can’t believe that they contiue to shamelessly continue to practice these activities.
April 3rd, 2007 01:42
‘Princess is a tender person loved by people. How could you be one when you encourage to kill animals? I know that english people don’t wish to have princess like you.
April 3rd, 2007 01:53
Prince Harry should give up this kind of cruelty, his mother had nothing to do with bloodsports, he shouldn’t either. He should dump his girlfriend who supports it too! A disgrace but not surprising knowing how much the royal family loves killing innocent creatures!
April 3rd, 2007 02:00
If Prince Harry’s girlfriend deserves this label she would refrain from supporting something so globally unpopular awhith will tarnish the public’s attitude towards the Prince. In this the 21st Century, surely humans should have learnt not to take pleasure in killing innocent creatures that have the misfortune to share thw world with us humans. The Royal Family should set an example.
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE, MBE, MBS, DVMS
April 3rd, 2007 02:15
Typical and absolutely disgusting!
April 3rd, 2007 02:42
Both Harry and Chelsy have been brought up believing that animals are their’s to do with what they will – hunt, shoot, eat etc. etc.
I live in hope that, despite their privileged and extremely cruel backgrounds, they will one day (and hopefully very soon!) engage their brains and realize that there is another way to live their lives – alongside, and in compassion with, all other creatures with which we share this earth.
Live and let live I say.
April 3rd, 2007 03:06
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December 1st, 2007 04:39
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