Remember Kendall Jones’ Photos Of Wild African Game She Killed? Facebook Removed Them
Last week, we brought you the story of Kendall Jones, the 19-year-old Texas Tech cheerleader who hunts wild African game and posts photos of her kills on Facebook. The photos show Jones happily posing with dead elephants, rhinos, leopards, hippos and more. The internet lost its shit over it, because the internet loses its shit over stuff.
Had the animals shown in the photos been dove, quail, hogs or whitetail deer, would people have created such a shit storm over it? No. But these are huge, beautiful, and sometimes rare animals. According to Jones, however, she does not hunt endangered animals. Photos of her posing with rhinos had people up in arms, but she points out on Facebook that the only rhinos she’s killed are white rhinos, and they are not endangered (I looked it up – she’s right).
Jones explained that much of her hunting is actually done in good conscience, claiming the money from the very expensive hunting tags she purchases go toward conservation efforts. People didn’t care. A petition directed at Mark Zuckerberg pleaded to have the photos removed. It recently surpassed 330,000 signatures.
Facebook has responded. The photos have been removed. In a statement, Facebook claims Jones’ account “promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organized fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse.”
Zuck’s words, not mine.
So if there are enough signatures, can we get them to take Dorn off TFM?
10 years ago at 6:09 pmim all for hunting, and agree that zuckerburg is being a bitch. But that last photo really gets to me. The look on her face does not convey anything beyond her excitement to have a new profile picture. I would like to see some respect for one of the most regal creatures there is.
10 years ago at 8:22 pmLiberals care more about a girl killing non endangered animals than women killing unborn babies
10 years ago at 9:02 pmAll you freaking out about free speech…facebook can do whatever the hell it wants. It’s a corporation. It’s like if Bacon posted one of Dorn’s mom’s naked pics on Dorn’s personal photography blog. Dorn can take those down, I guess.
10 years ago at 9:06 pmHadn’t looked at all the pictures before. pretty gross.
10 years ago at 9:46 pmAnd it’s ok to have a kill Kendall Jones’ Facebook group?
10 years ago at 10:54 pmWhat’s the point of removing the pictures? The animals are just as dead when they were posted.
10 years ago at 12:15 amI’m a little disappointed that this article didn’t mention the fact that we would all fuck her.
10 years ago at 2:44 amBecause shooting animals is a boss move, fucking idiots. Can’t shoot people for sport, that’s illegal. Can shoot animals, because America.
Maybe if she killed them with a knife, I’d be down. But a rifle? Pussy
10 years ago at 9:40 am