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Vet Who Posed With A Dead Lion He Shot, Just Fell 100ft To His Death While Hunting
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Vet Who Posed With A Dead Lion He Shot, Just Fell 100ft To His Death While Hunting

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The infamous vet who sparked a backlash after posing with the big game animals he shot, died while hunting birds in Italy. 55-year-old Luciano Ponzetto had a veterinary clinic near Turin. After pictures of him with trophy kills emerged on social media (think lions, leopards and deers) , animal rights activists started a campaign against him. There was even a Facebook page dedicated to the shaming of Luciano Ponzetto. The vet also received some death threats.

When all of this happened a year ago, Luciano Ponzetto defended himself saying that being a vet “is not incompatible with hunting, either morally or professionally”. Italy’s Veterinarians’ Guild was on Ponzetto’s side, stating that “hunting is a hobby regulated by the law, which does not allow us to take measures against him.”

Ponzetto’s last hunting trip proved to be fatal. The vet slipped on the ice and fell 100ft down a rivine while trying to shoot wild birds. An Italian police officer told The Sun: “His body was recovered by helicopter and taken to a local hospital… It looks like he slipped and fell when he was out hunting. He died instantly and there was nothing that could be done.”

(h/t: thesun)

The infamous vet Luciano Ponzetto enjoyed hunting big game animals as a hobby

After pictures of him with trophy kills emerged on social media, it sparked a massive backlash

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The latest news report the notorious vet just died in an accident while hunting wild birds

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Susanna Vesna
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can you be a Veterinarian and go shoot animals for game?! Good riddance! Burn in hell a*****e!

Sara Lowe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same way as some people are doctors and get found out to be murderers I guess.

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Susanna Vesna
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can you be a Veterinarian and go shoot animals for game?! Good riddance! Burn in hell a*****e!

Sara Lowe
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same way as some people are doctors and get found out to be murderers I guess.

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