British “Animal Rights” Campaigners In Frothing Rage
Well, the British media has given plenty of play to the frothing rage of the British chapter of PETA - because Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton, had the unmitigated gall to shoot a - wait for it - metal target. I kid you not. She shot a silhouette target and PETA is foaming at the mouth.
Kate Middleton last night found herself at the centre of a public row over her decision to go deerstalking with the Royal Family.
Prince William's girlfriend - now hotly tipped again as a future royal bride - chose to join a shooting party in Scotland at the weekend, much to the anger of anti-blood sports campaigners.
"It is shocking and abhorrent that she is engaging in blood sports.
"Kate is obviously trying to endear herself to the Royal Family and her decision will do her no favours whatsoever," said a spokesman for campaign group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
It is not clear whether the 25-year-old - dressed in camouflage gear but, bizarrely, still wearing her favourite dangly pearl earrings - bagged her first 'kill'.
But she was photographed practising with a formidable bolt-action hunting rifle watched by Prince Charles and two ghillies before heading off into Highlands…….
……As she lay prone in the heather with her rifle, which had been fitted with telescopic sights and a silencer to allow her to shoot a stag a mile off, she appeared completely at ease as Charles's ghillies talked her through the firing procedure.
After making sure of her target - in this case a metal practice one in the shape of a deer - she pulled the trigger confidently, birds scattering in fright.
As she fired, one of the prince's ghillies scanned the target with his binoculars to see where the bullet had hit.
He then adjusted the sight of her rifle again slightly before she headed off in pursuit of William, who had already left with a small party of friends at first light.
PETA continues to make a mockery of itself at every opportunity. The last I checked, metal doesn't bleed. Maybe they confused rust sports with blood sports.
World news | Gaius Sunday, 14 October , 2007
By old_dawg, Monday, 15 October , 2007 @ 7:53 am
“……As she lay prone in the heather with her rifle, which had been fitted with telescopic sights and a silencer to allow her to shoot a stag a mile off,”
She must have been firing a Barrett .50 Cal rifle. My kind of girl!