An American hunter has prompted calls for law changes in Scotland after she attracted fierce criticism for posing with a dead wild goat and other animals killed in the Inner Hebrides.
Florida woman Larysa Switlyk, who hosts a show called Larysa Unleashed, posted a photo of herself posing with a dead wild goat on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides. The photo is understood to have been taken in Scotland a month ago, but only posted to social media on Tuesday.
"Beautiful wild goat here on the Island of Islay in Scotland. Such a fun hunt," Switlyk wrote on social media.
"They live on the edge of the cliffs of the island and know how to hide well. We hunted hard for a big one for 2 days and finally got on this group. Made a perfect 200 yard shot and dropped him..."
She also posted photos with other goats and a large red stag on her social media.
Hunting in the region is legal, but that didn't stop fierce backlash on social media, including Judy Murray, the mother of Scottish tennis player Andy Murray, who slammed the "disgraceful" hunt.
Comedian Ricky Gervais also launched into an expletive-ridden rant on Twitter after seeing the photo.
Scottish MP for Argyll and Bute Michael Russell called for hunting to be stopped on Islay "immediately".
"As the local member of @ScotParl I am raising this as a matter of urgency with @strathearnrose - if this is actually happening on #Islay, and laid on by some sort of tour company I would want to see it stopped immediately," he wrote.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged the growing anger around the images and said the government would "review the current situation and consider whether changes to the law are required".
On Thursday, Switlyk said the photos of the hunting were from more than a month ago and hoped the "people sending me death threats" would "get educated on hunting and conservation".
The wild goat is considered a non-native animal and hunting them on private land is not illegal in the UK.
The non-native species organisation estimates there are 3,500 goats across the UK.
