HOW COULD HE?

BRITISH trophy hunters have shot over 500 monkeys and baboons on safari trips, say campaigners.

- BY NADA FARHOUD

The sick thrillseekers include a grandad who blasted a rare albino baboon, proudly posed for a photo next to its bloody corpse, and then had it stuffed and mounted to display at home.

Contacted online by undercover investigators posing as fellow blood sport fans, Chris Hemingway sent them photos of his trophy room and boasted he had more trips booked.

Mr Hemingway, who used a South African safari firm that has a sales agent in the UK, crowed: “Last time I was out I shot a white baboon. I’ve got that fully mounted.”

Gloating on Facebook in December about his trophy, he wrote: “Better than Elf on shelf ! How about a baboon at ye bed head! And a white one at that.”

Mr Hemingway, who lives near Kelso in the Scottish Borders with his wife Jayne, admitted he was addicted to safari hunting.

He wrote: “Neil ( Jones)... always tried to get me to go. He said, ‘If you go, you’ll want to go again’ And he was right! I’m hooked! I am.”

Mr Hemingway also claimed his wife had shot a donkey in order to feed it to lions: “She’s got pretty hooked now! I think she’ll be wanting one or two of her own trophies.”