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Bloodthirsty trophy-hunters are killing one animal every three minutes, a damning exposé of the industry has revealed.
More than 1.7 million animals, including lions, elephants and endangered rhinos, have been slaughtered in the past decade, with wealthy hunters competing to kill the most highly prized creatures.
The devastating figures have emerged in a book which highlights the links between the £300 million-a-year industry and powerful global elites.
Hunters slaughtering pigs from the air is a craze dubbed ‘Hogpocalypse Now’ – apparently inspired by the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, in which a US soldier aboard a military helicopter shoots unarmed Vietnamese civilians
Trophy Leaks: Top Hunters And Industry Secrets, by Eduardo Goncalves, also reveals the latest craze among American hunters is to shoot pigs from fast, low-flying helicopters. It claims that: