Texas Tech Students Hunting Photos Cause Uproar

[Nanners52674]

Aside from cheerleading, 19-year-old Kendall Jones’ hobbies involve hunting for and killing threatened animals and posting the photo evidence of the dead animals onto her Facebook page, Kendall Takes Wild.

Jones, a blonde cheerleader from Texas Tech University, takes pride in hunting big African game, including lions, tigers, buffalos, leopards and rhinos — including a threatened white rhino, of which there are only 20,000 remaining.

*WARNING* this link goes to an article that has pictures of the woman posing with dead animals.

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/thi...pissed/652339/

i'm so disgusted by this. I don't understand why people enjoy killing exotic or endangered animals.



*No clue if Jones is in a sorority*

[33girl]

What a stupid non-story. Not that killing endangered species is right, of course, but that this girl is the one doing it. There are 3 references to her being a cheerleader before the end of the first paragraph. If she was some good ole boy who plays safety on the football team, this would have never seen publication.

[DrPhil]

They are reporting this for the shock value of her being of a different demographic.

She was being an attention whore when posting these images online. She knows how many people feel about hunting certain animals. She did this to bring attention to herself with hopes of eventually getting a cable show.

Do most hunters of endangered animals put photos on social media?

[Kevin]

She's brilliant at self-promotion. I'll give her that.

[Low D Flat]

Is she Greek?

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by Low D Flat

Is she Greek?

Probably not, because if I remember correctly, TTU Cheerleading has a rule that you can't tryout and go through recruitment. Their team is extremely competitive & they want your undivided attention... Had a friend who's daughter went to TTU and wanted to cheer, but decided not to because of the rule.

[Xidelt]

How is she getting away with hunting these endangered animals? I'm pretty sure there's a special place in hell for narcissistic fame whores like her.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

How is she getting away with hunting these endangered animals? I'm pretty sure there's a special place in hell for narcissistic fame whores like her.

She's not doing it in the U.S. and she's buying all of the proper permits.

I think it's brilliant really. She's going to have a shot at all kinds of endorsements from gun manufacturers, speaking gigs at conservative rallies and gun shows, etc. She's going to have a ton of opportunities due to this. Smart girl.

[DrPhil]

"Smart" is used too loosely.

Opportunist? Yes.
Someone with resources? Yes.
Someone who takes advantage of resource? Yes.

This young white woman definitely didn't take herself to Africa and start randomly killing endangered animals without a lot of help from other people.

[Kevin]

There are all kinds of people out there born into privilege who never make anything of themselves. This lady basically took an expensive vacation, publicized it well via social media, probably fully aware of the shitstorm which would follow... step 4: Profit.

[DrPhil]

Was she born into privilege? I missed that part of the story.

I don't find anything marvelous or genius about what she's doing. She is using social media and overall media to get attention for an act that makes some people frown. Yay.

[Kevin]

I assume she was born into money because your average middle class kid doesn't have the resources to go to Africa, pay for permits to kill lions and such. Hey, if she took out a loan and this was a business model, that's some sort of genius right there.

[navane]

Interesting. Here's a photo where it shows a cameraman with a high-quality camera videotaping her hunt.

(FYI- Per the caption, this rhino was not killed. She had "assisted" a veterinarian by darting it to put it to sleep so that he could take measurements and treat the animal's inured leg.)


She has herself titled as a "Public Figure" on her Facebook page. Her "About" page on Facebook is equally as interesting as she describes her hunting experience:

About

Born and raised in the outdoors of the great State of Texas.

Biography

I grew up in the small town of Cleburne, Texas where my hunting career started. As a child I would go with my dad on all of his hunting adventures watching him on our ranch, as well as, traveling to Africa to see him take his Big 5. I took my first trip to Zimbabwe in Africa with my family in 2004 (age 9) and watched my dad bring many animals home. As badly as I wanted to shoot something I was just too small to hold the guns my dad had brought. I became fascinated with the culture over there and visited one of the elementary schools to deliver candy, coloring books and soccer balls to the under privileged children. This was an eye opening experience for me to see how other children my age lived in a third world country.

In 2008, (age 13) I took my second trip to Africa to start my Big 5 experience, but this time to South Africa. Although I had many other opportunities to shoot animals I wanted to save it for the Big 5, so the first animal I ever shot was a White Rhino with a .416 Remington!! On this trip I also took some plains game, such as impala, kudu and mountain reedbuck home.

I returned to Africa the next summer in 2009 (age 14) to finish my quest for The Big 5. This time I went on a 28 day safari and took an Elephant with a shot from a .416 Remington and finished it off with my dad's .470 Nitro Express. Along with the elephant I also harvested a charging Cape buffalo and a huge maned lion. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to take a leopard on this trip, so I returned 2 weeks later for another 14 day safari. This time I got my leopard, and also took down a hippo to get 6 of the Dangerous 7 at the age of 14! I was lucky enough to have all of my hunting adventures professionally videoed and put onto DVD.

On the side of hunting, I am also receiving an education from Texas Tech University. I am a cheerleader for the University representing the All Girl Squad making apprearances at football, basketball and volleyball games, as well as, attending many public events as part of the Spirit Program. I am currently a sophomore with a degree program focusing on Marketing and Sports Therapy.

[CMDelta]

A friend of mine from HS knows this family and she posted this on her FB page tonight - "Whether you agree or not, at least get all the facts straight before you start making judgements against a teenager! Remember you can't take everything you read on social media as fact. Some news agencies do lie to get a story out there"


Cleburne Times-Review : Cleburne hunter responds to Facebook reactions
m.cleburnetimesreview.com

Cleburne resident Kendall Jones’ Facebook pictures and posts chronicing her African hunting safari are rife with responses...

[DrPhil]

Isn't it funny how someone is "just a teenager" when it is time to do damage control?