BookYourHunt.com sells animal shooting trips via its Amazon-style online store.
It is offering British hunters the chance to shoot seals for ‘sport’ for as little as £700 a day.
The hunts take place in Finland and Sweden. Trophy Hunters are offered “lots of shot opportunities”.
The ads state: “We offer hunting trips to individuals, families, and small groups. We provide everything you need to make your trip a great experience.”
Mathew, who has been on one of the hunts, described it as an “incredible adventure”.
“I loved every minute of this hunt,” he said. “I was looking for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I got everything I wanted and more!”
Another ad on the site calls it “an extraordinary hunt”.
Records compiled by CITES, which monitors international trade in endangered species, shows British hunters have previously travelled to the Namibian coast to shoot brown fur seals for trophies.
BookYourHunt.com also sells ‘holidays’ where British trophy hunters can shoot giraffes, cheetahs, elephants as well as squirrels, wallabies, beavers, camels and otters.
Joanna Lumley, a Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting supporter, condemned the seal hunts and called for a ban on ads marketing sick trophy hunting ‘holidays’:
“This is some of the most vile content anywhere on the internet. The photos of beautiful seals slaughtered for pleasure is absolutely heart-breaking. The worst of it is they are being killed just for so-called sport and a ‘trophy’.
“I think millions would agree with me in calling for these sadistic hunts to be outlawed at once, and the websites that market them should be shut down immediately.”
The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting is calling on the Government to SHUT DOWN the sick ‘Hunt Porn’ websites like BookYourHunt.com.
Sign the petition here.
Read the full article in The Mirror here.
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