Death threats have been sent to a Utah hunter after images of her joyfully posing with a freshly killed giraffe went viral thanks to British funnyman Ricky Gervais.
Rebecca Francis drew the ire of social media users across the world after the photo was tweeted by Gervais on Monday.
"What must've happened to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal & then lie next to it smiling?" Gervais tweeted with this photo.
The post soon gained traction and was shared more than 20,000 times, sparking a barage of vicious abuse against the mother of eight.
Francis claims the photo was taken five years ago. She defended herself in a Facebook post saying: