Rob WaughMonday 17 Sep 2018 11:48 am Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger A hunter has received death threats after posting images where he posed with a dead grizzly bear he had just killed. Former professional hockey player Tim Brent, 34, posted the images after killing the bear in Yukon, Canada. Brent said, ‘Alright folks, here is my Mountain Grizzly! We put an awesome stalk on him but he spotted us at about 75 yards. ‘Instead of taking off he turned and came right at us. It was very easy to tell this bear owned the valley we were hunting in and wasn’t scared of anything!’ 999 operator describes harrowing 40 minute call with mother she couldn’t save in Grenfell In another photo, Brent poses holding up the dead animal’s paw saying, ‘Did you know on average a single Grizzly eats around 40 Moose and Caribou calves during each calving season?’ The posts provoked a flood of anger and revulsion when he shared them on Instagram – with some commenters posting death threats. Some posters said they hoped he would be mauled to death by a bear – and one suggested they would call in a ‘Mexican cartel’ to kill him. In response, a defiant Brent posted images of his fridge filled with meat from animals he has killed. Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger
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A former Canadian pro-hockey player has come under fire after tweeting about hunting and killing a grizzly bear earlier this week.
Posting on Twitter a photo of himself posing with the bear, 34-year-old Tim Brent said they’d ‘put an awesome stalk on him’.
Tim Brent✔@Brenter37
Alright folks, here is my Mountain Grizzly! We put an awesome stalk on him but he spotted us at about 75 yards. Instead of taking off he turned and came right at us. It was very easy to tell this boar owned the valley we were hunting in and wasn’t scared of anything! When he…
Explaining that the animal had spotted them at about 75 yards, he added: “Instead of taking off he turned and came right at us. It was very easy to tell this boar owned the valley we were hunting in and wasn’t scared of anything!”
Brent, who used to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Canada’s National Hockey League, has since also posted photos of ‘his’ Yukon moose, which he said ‘absolutely humbled’ him.
Tim Brent✔@Brenter37
MY YUKON MOOSE
I am absolutely humbled by this animal. We all have times we hunt hard and don’t get rewarded, and then every once in awhile we get lucky and are in the right place at the right time (having a pretty awesome father-in-law doesn’t hurt either!). The stars defi…
Brent has since received backlash for both his hunting habits and openly boasting about them. His tweet where he poses with the dead bear has racked up 20,000 comments.
It’s even caught the attention of several big names, including comedian Ricky Gervais, who regularly speaks out about animal rights. He tweeted: “I bet killing this beautiful bear put ‘an awesome stalk’ on Tim too.”
Sherlock actor Amanda Abbington also condemned Brent’s actions – and was clearly not holding back, writing: “You are a c***. A stupid, inbred, unfeeling piece of s*** c***.”
Others said the photo and caption were ‘disgusting’, ‘horrible’ and ‘nauseating’.
Brent later tweeted to say he’d even received death threats, writing: “These are the types of messages I am getting on twitter in response to my moose and bear hunts.
“I would love to know what constitutes a threat or abuse for Twitter? This is what we are up against as Hunters.”
Featured Image Credit: Twitter/Tim Brent
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TIM BRENT – PURE HUMAN SCUM
It’s a whole sick family of killers, and I’m disgusted to learn that they are breeding. Just what we need — more filthy narcissists who get off on torturing and killing.
Jeez – these big tough guys are so delicate! But the fact remains that the only people doing any real killing is them and others like them. 😦
He should be hunted , same thing , former hockey player he could not make it in hockey he should be killed.
I understand that the death threats are empty. But I can understand the anger behind them. If you care about wildlife, if you care about all animals, the Internet brings an unrelenting list of stories and photos of torture and killing. And we can’t table, leaflet, click, email or comment any of it away.
I wonder we can get anywhere without some form of violence–either property damage or other.
As one critic noted, people aren’t going to stay interested in a movement “that ain’t movin.”’
Well Tim, you killed a beautiful animal. I’d say you reap what you sow. Stop killing beautiful animals. You do know there is a special place in hell for cowards who kill animals.