Animal campaigners call it ‘nothing less than a massacre’
The avid hunter later deleted his tweet – where he asked ‘anyone beat this’? – after it triggered a backlash on the social media site Getty
Former football hard-man Vinnie Jones has sparked fury after posting a grisly photo on Twitter of 100 foxes he apparently shot dead, boasting: “A real night lamping #foxes anyone beat this?”
The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star, 52, claimed he gunned down the defenceless animals, whose bloody corpses are seen spread out across a field, in a night hunt.
Animal campaigners described it as “nothing less than a massacre”.
But a hunting organisation doubted the Hollywood actor could have found 100 foxes in any given area in rural Britain – suggesting Jones had killed the animals abroad or had stretched the truth.
The former Wimbledon and Chelsea midfielderis an avid hunter and has caused controversy in the past after posting photos of his ‘kills’ on his Twitter account.
Mr Jones, who lives in Los Angeles but has a country cottage in Sussex, has shared various pictures of himself next to his bloody spoils – including one picture of him posing next to 16 dead rabbits.