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Vet Who Posed With A Dead Lion He Shot, Just Fell 100ft To His Death While Hunting
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)
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Susanna Vesna 9 years ago
How can you be a Veterinarian and go shoot animals for game?! Good riddance! Burn in hell a*****e!
Sara Lowe 9 years ago
Same way as some people are doctors and get found out to be murderers I guess.
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Tim Hussey 9 years ago
You reap what you sew. If you kill, literally defenceless animals for kicks, all right to sympathy is null and void when said hobby fatally bites you in the a**e. I feel zero sadness at his death. Zero.
Ron Aslan 9 years ago
I hope he'll at least be stuffed and mounted so his death won't be a total loss.
Spike Leigh 9 years ago
This person killed live animals for fun, not food nor was he a farmer who was protecting his farm and his living. He killed for fun what does that say about a person.
It's Caturday 9 years ago
What does it say about people who judge others and delight in a person's death? I'm sure none of us have ever done anything wrong, right?
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Jean-Francois Brisson 9 years ago
all these comments about KARMA. It's just an invention to make us feel better, that people can what they deserve. People have done much worse to humans/kids/animals, and live full lives afterwards. Sometimes even profiting from their suffering. I'm looking at you Issei Sagawa.
thor 8 years ago
Karma is part of hinduism & buddhism religion, so i see a lot of people say thats Karma but they probably don't believe in hinduism & buddhism. it's like saying i don't believe in religion but ill use parts of it because i like the idea. which makes 0 sense because thatss not how religion works
Load More Replies... Susanna Vesna 9 years ago
How can you be a Veterinarian and go shoot animals for game?! Good riddance! Burn in hell a*****e!
Sara Lowe 9 years ago
Same way as some people are doctors and get found out to be murderers I guess.
Load More Replies... Tim Hussey 9 years ago
You reap what you sew. If you kill, literally defenceless animals for kicks, all right to sympathy is null and void when said hobby fatally bites you in the a**e. I feel zero sadness at his death. Zero.
Ron Aslan 9 years ago
I hope he'll at least be stuffed and mounted so his death won't be a total loss.
Spike Leigh 9 years ago
This person killed live animals for fun, not food nor was he a farmer who was protecting his farm and his living. He killed for fun what does that say about a person.
It's Caturday 9 years ago
What does it say about people who judge others and delight in a person's death? I'm sure none of us have ever done anything wrong, right?
Load More Replies... Jean-Francois Brisson 9 years ago
all these comments about KARMA. It's just an invention to make us feel better, that people can what they deserve. People have done much worse to humans/kids/animals, and live full lives afterwards. Sometimes even profiting from their suffering. I'm looking at you Issei Sagawa.
thor 8 years ago
Karma is part of hinduism & buddhism religion, so i see a lot of people say thats Karma but they probably don't believe in hinduism & buddhism. it's like saying i don't believe in religion but ill use parts of it because i like the idea. which makes 0 sense because thatss not how religion works
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