A businessman from Georgia has been photographed
standing beside two apparently very young elephants, holding a gun.
TopGen Energy partner, Mike Jines reportedly shot and
killed the elephants while in Zimbabwe, Africa. The alleged hunt took place in
October 2018, but the photos have only just come to public attention. It has been alleged that Jines went trophy hunting accompanied
by professional hunter Max ‘Buzz’ Delezenne.
Which dysfunctional individuals killed this baby? #MikeJines of #TopGenEnergy that's who, with the assistance of #MaxDelezenne and #BuzzCharlton, of #CharltonMcCallumHuntingSafaris The #Karma train will be along eventually. In the meantime #BanTrophyHunts pic.twitter.com/eyZm2Se77S— Amanda_Martin (@Amanda_Martin_) February 1, 2019
According to Pet Rescue Report, Jines reportedly gave
the following account before the photographs went viral:
''The hunt started with a bang… literally. Less than
thirty minutes into the first morning of the first day we experienced a double
elephant cow charge. This was obviously a first for me but it turns out it
was a first for Buzz as well. We saw a group of cows from the road and decided
to follow them to see if a tuskless was in the group. We caught them quickly
and identified a tuskless…''
''We positioned ourselves to get a good look at the
tuskless and concluded that since it was just Day 1 we would pass. An instant
later she came in an all out charge. Buzz and I both fired two shots a piece
and she went down. Then from behind us a large one-tusked cow charged at full
speed. We each fired one shot and she crashed to the ground with her hind legs
out behind her…''
He's seriously "Blaming" the poor baby elephant - Claims he HAD TO KILL him - and then poses SMILING for these photos with it's warm dead body. Can you imagine EVER doing business with #TopGenEnergy? Digusting. Massive liability.— Tracy Bobbitt (@HollywoodMom) February 6, 2019
The upsetting photographs have since gone viral, with
many people expressing absolute horror. Some have even called for a boycott of
TopGen Energy.
One person tweeted:
''There’s evil, and then there’s you #mikejines one can
only hope the universe and all that is just punish you for killing those
elephants. Boycott #TopGenEnergy.''
Another said:
''Boycott #TopGenEnergy. Mike Jines is a barbarian. Killing
a baby Elephant for fun? How is this fun? Cruel and Heinous! An innocent,
intelligent, and beautiful creature’s life was taken for NO REASON!''
Jines has claimed he killed the elephants in
self-defence, and that the elephants had charged at him. He has also refuted
the animals were infants and instead two adult elephants. As reported by CBS, Jines has claimed the elephants
‘were shot in self-defense, in an unprovoked charge and both elephants were
fully mature cows, not juveniles’.
Speaking about the outrage these pictures have
provoked, Jines made the following comments according to CBS:
''While I can appreciate that hunting can be polarizing
and that views on hunting can vary materially, I am sure that you can
appreciate what it is like to deal with the vitriol particularly when the
underlying information in this case is inaccurate.''
There’s evil, and then there’s you #mikejines one can only hope the universe and all that is just punish you for killing those elephants. Boycott #TopGenEnergy— Zowe (@zobeida_baldwin) February 9, 2019
Boycott #TopGenEnergy. Mike Jines is a barbarian. Killing a baby Elephant for fun? How is this fun? Cruel and Heinous! An innocent, intelligent, and beautiful creature's life was taken for NO REASON!— James Sherfield (@Sherf2034) February 11, 2019
Jines – who says he has received threats as a result
of the backlash – has stated the events which occurred have been
misrepresented. However, many of his critics have been left unconvinced by his
side of the story.
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