Tess Thompson Talley of Kentucky has sparked public outcry after photos of her proudly posing with a black giraffeshe killed in South Africa last year went viral.

The big game hunter posted images of the June 2017 hunt onto her social media page. Then last month, the South Africa-based news outlet Africland tweeted out the images with a missive describing Talley as a “White American savage” for shooting down the “very rare” animal.

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Talley’s original post of the photos, which she has since deleted, contained the caption: “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4000 lbs. and was blessed to be able to get 2000 lbs. of…