Fischer and his wife shot at least 14 animals in Namibia, including giraffe, leopard, impala, sable antelope, waterbuck, kudu, warthog, gemsbok (oryx) and eland. However, Fischer recounted how he wanted his wife to see him hunt “So I shot a whole family of baboons. I think she got the idea quick.” Yup, so did the rest of us. The picture of wiping out a whole family of baboons to impress your wife (and then pose with the family) is horrifying to most of us.
We have previously followed the controversy over the shooting of “Cecil the Lion” by an American dentist Walter Palmer from Minnesota as well as subsequent controversies of a Idaho hunter taunting animal advocates and killing giant elephants for trophies.
Various former commissioners and current hunters denounced Fischer and called for his resignation.