I’ve been getting info on this guy, Pastor Gerhard Steyn, the man of God who likes to kill leopards. Every day there are hundreds of new photos of people holding “trophies” and it’s far from just leopards of course, there are all sorts of wildlife including species like elephants, polar bears, different birds and fish, some of which are “photo trophies” before release. Such is the ego of these people, it’s easy to get information, they like to peacock themselves with all sorts of “look at me, I’m a hero” images.

As I’ve mentioned before, my script on this is connecting the dots with regard to the value of these trophies as a commodity in the same way that in the illegal wildlife trade market a leopard skin (or any wildlife body part) has value. Steyn peaked my interest because there are many trophy hunters who claim to be people of faith and in fact they will describe their killing as a spiritual experience. Of course one of the main justifications they spout is their support for wildlife conservation, something which is being hotly debated and has led to the exposing of a great deal of lies, politics and corruption. Read Trophy Hunters Exposed: Inside the big game industry by Eduardo Gon