• On Tuesday, Larysa Switlyk, a Florida-based TV personality and self-described “hardcore huntress,” posted a photo on social media of herself with a goat she had shot in Scotland.
  • People think it was in poor taste for her to shoot the goat and take a picture with it.
  • It is not illegal to hunt goats on private land in Scotland.
  • But people are criticizing Switlyk for saying she “made a perfect 200-yard shot.”

A Florida-based hunter and TV personality is being criticized for shooting a wild goat in Scotland and then posing with it on social media.

On Tuesday, Larysa Switlyk, a self-described “hardcore huntress” who hosts the program “Larysa Unleashed,” shared several photos of herself with animals she had ostensibly shot while visiting the island of Islay in Scotland – including a goat.

“Beautiful wild goat here on the Island of Islay in Scotland,” she captioned the photo. “Such a fun hunt!!”

http://instagr.am/p/BpPWVPegcwH

She described the chase to her followers, writing: "We hunted hard for a big one for 2 days and finally got on this group. Made a perfect 200-yard shot."

According to the BBC, in Scotland, goats are considered an invasive, nonnative species, and hunting them is legal on private land.

Switlyk also shared photos of herself with a stag and ram and of her hunting companion, who she referred to as Jason, with a goat.

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Switlyk has received backlash for the photos

People online were taken aback. As Switlyk has disabled comments on Instagram, the pictures brought in more of a response on Twitter.

It was there that they caught the attention of Michael Russell, who is a member of Scottish Parliament for the region. Russell told the BBC that he considers the pictures "horrific."

He also retweeted one of Switlyk's posts, saying that he is reaching out to Scotland's environment secretary, Roseanna Cunningham to ensure that if hunting excursions like this are "actually happening on Islay," they are "stopped immediately."

While Russell told the outlet that "deer culling and deer stalking is established on the island and it's a necessary" for population control, "to see people in camouflage with highly powered sniper rifles rejoicing at the killing of a goat, let alone a ram, is simply unacceptable. The pictures are horrific."

And he's not the only one who took issue with the photos.

Some people are disturbed and upset.

Others think it was misleading for Switlyk to categorize her experience in Islay as a "hunt."

https://twitter.com/gavceltic/status/1055074517314400256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/giardino/status/1055152042002530304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/gdeichen/status/1055053444241915904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Actress and activist Mia Farrow also chimed in, suggesting that Switlyk "try shooting with a camera" instead of a gun.

https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/1055139538434224133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As did actress and writer Sue Perkins, formerly of "The Great British Bake Off."

At the time of this post, it doesn't appear that Switlyk has addressed the backlash.

According to her website, Switlyk was afraid of guns, so "it was not until later in life that she found true love and zeal for hunting."

But now, it is her passion.

"Larysa wants to encourage the public, especially kids and females, to go hunting and experience the great outdoors," her website says. "Whether it's teaching them to shoot a gun for the first time, or hunting alongside her for an amazing trophy, it will be nothing less than an extreme adventure!"

Switlyk isn't the only person to face pushback for hunting photos. Recently, an Idaho wildlife official resigned after bragging about shooting a family of baboons and sharing photos of other animals he killed on a trip to Africa.

Switlyk and Russell didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.

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