British trophy hunters are being offered the chance to shoot farmed tigers in sickening “canned hunts” for £34,000, the Record can reveal.
The endangered species is protected in 183 countries – but in South Africa it is legal to hunt tigers bred in captivity. Big-game hunter Adrian de Guisti told our undercover reporter it was “big business” and offered to pay “good commission” for finding British clients.
But the practice is highly controversial and secretive, and he said he would be “burned on social media” if it got out. De Guisti, who runs Gotsoma Safaris in Free State Province, said: “I have all five of the different tigers… Bengal, Siberian, white, snow tiger, tabby tiger… I’m currently charging US$45,000 [£34,000] for an adult
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