American TV host and professional huntress faces firearm charges in Scotland for shooting farm animals

5years ago

An american huntress and TV host has been reported to prosecutors in Scotland after for firearm charges after she sparked anger and outrage posting "barbaric" photos of herself with dead stags and goats.

Larysa Switlyk, 33, who hosts the "Larysa Unleashed" program was widely criticised on the social media after sharing photos of her hunts that included goats and stags with captions like: "In awe of my Scottish Stag – can’t wait to bring it back to the castle for the chefs to cook it up!" or "a perfect 200 yard shot" after shooting a wild goat.

Thousands of followers commented on the photos calling Switlyk "sickening" and "abhorrent". One of them wrote: "Scottish people don’t support you coming to our country and murdering our animals, simple as that."