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Hunter commits suicide after animal activists cyberbully her: report

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http://nypost.com/2017/07/24/hunter-commits-suicide-after-animal-activists-cyberbully-her-report/

July 24, 2017 | 7:21pm | 

A popular Spanish hunter took her life after receiving threats on social media from animal rights activists, according to reports.

Melania Capitan, 27, was found dead Wednesday from an apparent suicide at her apartment in Huesca, Spain, according to Crime Online, citing Spanish hunting magazine Jara y Sedal.

 Capitan, from Catalonia, Spain, had amassed a huge fan base on social media posting images of herself hunting. Her Facebook page, where she shared hunting tips, had nearly 39,000 followers.

Some posts, however, were controversial for animal rights activists who would leave harassing messages, the Daily Mail reported. It is not known if her death was related to the cyberbullying.

The Daily Mail reported that the blond huntress left a suicide note for friends, but the contents of the letter have not been released.

Critics continued to flood her Facebook page with messages even after she died.

“She’s finished the lives of many animals and no one defended the death of them… I think our [lives are] worth the same as theirs,” one person wrote.

Others mourned her death, saying the loss was a “shame.”

“I do not like hunting, defending animals and killing for [hobby] seems horrible to me. But it’s a shame that this girl took her life,” another user wrote.

Female hunter is found dead after apparent suicide ‘following online threats from animal rights activists’

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  • Melania Capitan, 27, posted photos of her hunting activities on social media
  • The online star reportedly killed herself and left a suicide note to friends
  • This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online 

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

PUBLISHED: 09:53 EDT, 21 July 2017 | UPDATED: 09:57 EDT, 21 July 2017

Melania Capitan, 27, was a well-known blogger and hunter with thousands of online followers

Melania Capitan, 27, was a well-known blogger and hunter with thousands of online followers

A female hunter has been found dead after apparently committing suicide weeks after she was reportedly threatened on social media by animal rights activists.

Melania Capitan, 27, was a well-known blogger and hunter with thousands of online followers.

She rose to fame due to her posts in which she explained hunting tactics as well as showing glimpses into her every day life.

Hunting magazine Jara y Sedal reported Melania, who was from Catalonia and had lived for the last three years in Huesca, had apparently killed herself.

She had also reportedly left a suicide note addressed to her friends.

This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online.

Her posts caused much controversy across the internet, especially with animal rights activists who widely criticised her.

She rose to fame due to her posts in which she explained hunting tactics as well as showing glimpses into her every day life

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She rose to fame due to her posts in which she explained hunting tactics as well as showing glimpses into her every day life

Hunting magazine Jara y Sedal reported Melania, who was from Catalonia and had lived for the last three years in Huesca, had apparently killed herself. Pictured: Her rifle on a dead deer

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Hunting magazine Jara y Sedal reported Melania, who was from Catalonia and had lived for the last three years in Huesca, had apparently killed herself. Pictured: Her rifle on a dead deer

She had also reportedly left a suicide note addressed to her friends. This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online

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She had also reportedly left a suicide note addressed to her friends. This comes after it was reported that the internet star was threatened online

Her posts caused much controversy across the internet, especially with animal rights activists who widely criticised her

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Her posts caused much controversy across the internet, especially with animal rights activists who widely criticised her

Even after her death, her Facebook profile was inundated with messages praising the tragic news.

One person wrote: ‘You have done a favour to humanity! Bye Bye.’

Another commented: ‘She is alive, do not worry, what happened is that she left hunting and now is in the casting of the series The Walking Dead.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4718110/Female-hunter-dead-apparent-suicide.html#ixzz4nnLjgjgL
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SPEAK OUT AGAINST PROPOSAL TO ALLOW WOLF-BAITING IN IDAHO!

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https://idfg.idaho.gov/idfg-rulemaking/consider-allowing-bait-hunting-gray-wolf-during-specific-seasons

Consider allowing bait for hunting gray wolf during specific seasons

Develop rules to allow use of bait to hunt wolves in game management units and seasons to be set by Commission proclamation

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The purpose of this rulemaking is to consider changes to the allowed use of bait for hunting gray wolf. Currently gray wolf may be taken incidentally to permitted black bear baits, where hunting seasons are open for both black bear and wolf, but big game rules do not allow use of bait specific to hunting wolf. The Commission allows or prohibits use of bait for black bear on a game management unit basis in big game season proclamations. There may be management circumstances for which the Commission may want to allow use of bait for hunting wolf at times and places where bait use is not allowed or seasons are not open for black bear, such…

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Two from brief reality TV show admit to hunting violations

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SEARCY, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man who starred on the short-lived reality TV show “American Stuffers” and his son have pleaded guilty to hunting violations in central Arkansas.
Court records show 40-year-old Daniel Ross of Romance and 19-year-old Hunter Ross of Rose Bud pleaded guilty last Tuesday in White County District Court to misdemeanor charges and each was fined $8,500.
Daniel Ross pleaded guilty to hunting during a closed season, night hunting and transporting illegally taken wildlife. In exchange, more than 40 similar charges being dropped.
Hunter Ross pleaded guilty to hunting during a closed and night hunting while more than 30 similar charges were dismissed.
The pleas were first reported by The Daily Citizen newspaper.
The Animal Planet reality show “American Stuffers” in 2012 was about Daniel Ross’ taxidermy business, which preserved pets that had died.

© 2017 Associated Press

Man accidentally shot in head during possible hunting expedition at Parawa

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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/man-accidentally-shot-in-head-during-suspected-hunting-expedition-at-parawa/news-story/94420c1d178070990ac40404d078a341

A MAN is fighting for his life after he was accidentally shot during a possible hunting expedition south of Adelaide.

Authorities were called to Springs Rd, Parawa, almost 40km west of Victor Harbor. at 3.45pm on Sunday amid reports a man had received a “serious wound to the head”.

Detectives are investigating how the man came to suffer “life-threatening” gunshot wounds but the man had been at an area of native forest popular with deer hunters.

A man is taken to Victor Harbor hospital after he was shot and injured during a suspected hunting accident on a property near Parawa, south of Adelaide.

Police believe the incident is not suspicious and are treating the shooting as an “accident”. >snip>

Trump to Strip Alaska Park and Refuge Wildlife Protection

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https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/07/21/trump-strip-alaska-park-and-refuge-wildlife-protection

Directives to Expand Hunting and Trapping Launch Long, Uncertain Legal Process

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is taking aim at restrictions on recreational hunting and trapping inside national parks and refuges in Alaska, according to directives posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  The regulations limit questionable hunting techniques, such as killing bear cubs and sows with cubs, luring grizzlies with rotting meat, trapping and snaring bears, and killing wolves while they are raising pups, among other controversial methods.

In a pair of July 14, 2017 memos, Virginia Johnson,  Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, orders the acting directors of the National Park Service (NPS) and theU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), “to initiate a rulemaking process to reconsider” each of their agency rules. She cites “various prohibitions that directly contradict State of Alaska authorizations and wildlife management decisions.”

The essential conflict is that…

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