'Disgusting coward' Outrage as hunter posts image of grizzly bear he slaughtered

A HUNTER who stalked and shot dead a wild grizzly bear has received a huge backlash after bragging about slaughtering the endangered animal.

Tim Brent, a former professional ice hockey player, posted images of the deceased bear and described on Twitter exactly how he killed the beast.

He wrote: “We put an awesome stalk on him but he spotted us at about 75 yards.

“Instead of taking off he turned and came right at us.

"It was very easy to tell this boar owned the valley we were hunting in and wasn’t scared of anything.” [sic]

He turned the shooting into another game with his fans, inviting his 23,000 followers to guess which animals he had killed on his trip to the Yukon territory in Canada.

The 34-year-old’s posts were met with outrage.

Many condemned his actions with a number of celebrities hitting out at the keen hunter.

Comedian and animal lover Ricky Gervais said: “I bet killing this beautiful bear 'put an awesome stalk on' Tim too.”

Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington was more direct, saying “You are a c***. A stupid, inbred, unfeeling piece of s*** c***.”

Fuelling more disgust, Mr Brent later posted an image of his fridge



filled with meat from the hunt.

Mr Brent revealed he had reported one user for sending a death threat, saying the user had a “hit put on him” to Twitter.

The tweet was not removed by the social media giant.

The Canadian said: “This is what we are up against as Hunters and conservationists!

“These are the types of messages I am getting on twitter in response to my moose and bear hunts.

“I would love to know what constitutes a threat or abuse for twitter?"

Some people later chose to defend Mr Brent.

One person said: “I see a lot of ignorant people in these comments. Hunting is actually the most sustainable way to get meat, if you decide that you want that in your diet.”

Grizzly bears are believed to be a vulnerable region in the Yukon region of Canada because of hunting.

There are believed to be between 6,000 and 7,000 in the area.

Yet efforts have been made to reduce the number of bears that are being killed by humans every year – particularly females.

It reads: "The reproductive rate of the species is so low that the loss of a few female bears can have a significant impact on a population."