A South African trophy hunter who hunts wild animals for fun has been found dead.



On the 4th local time, foreign media such as the New York Post and the British daily Metro reported that Riaan Naude, 55, who runs a trophy hunting company in South Africa, was found dead near the Kruger National Park Wildlife Sanctuary in early June. I did.



Trophy hunting refers to the act of hunting wild animals for simple entertainment fun and a sense of victory, not for commercial purposes.

Trophy hunters also took commemorative photos and stuffed animals after hunting lions, giraffes, and rhinos, and exposed them on social media as if boasting.


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A local police spokesperson said: "Nod was shot in the head and was lying bleeding." The motive for the murder is currently unknown.



The non-profit organization HPG, which was the first to discover the scene, said two men got out of a white truck, killed Nord, who stopped briefly on the side of the road, then took one of his guns and fled.



At the time, two hunting rifles, whiskey, water and clothes were left in Nord's truck, and an eyewitness who saw the assailant fleeing from the scene testified that "a white truck drove quickly towards the village after the gunshot was heard."


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Ryan Nord has always boasted commemorative photos taken after hunting wild animals on his social media, and has been attracting customers by using the phrase "Your African dream come true" as a promotional phrase for his trophy hunting company. .



(Photo=Pro Hunt Africa official website, HPG Facebook)