US wildlife official hunted in Africa

A US wildlife officer is being investigated after posting photos of a hunting trip in Africa showing wild animals he killed, including baboons and a giraffe.

An Idaho Fish and Game Commission member is in hot water after sharing photos of himself posing with a family of baboons and other animals he killed while hunting in Africa.

Governor CL "Butch" Otter spokesman Jon Hanian told The Idaho Statesman in a story on Friday that the governor's office was looking into the matter involving Commissioner Blake Fischer.

Fischer and his wife shot at least 14 animals in Namibia, according to the photos and descriptions included in an email he sent to more than 100 recipients.

That included a giraffe, leopard, impala, sable antelope, waterbuck, kudu, warthog, gemsbok (oryx) and eland. Fischer says he didn't do anything illegal, unethical or immoral.

The photo causing most angst is one of Fischer smiling broadly with four dead baboons propped in front of him, blood visible on the abdomen of the smallest baboon. Fischer killed them using a bow and arrows.

"So I shot a whole family of baboons," Fischer wrote below the photo in the emails he sent.

Former commission member Fred Trevey called on Fischer to resign.