Trophy hunting holidays to slaughter elephants, lions and leopards on sale at UK fair

Nada visited a hunting show where she discovered dozens of trips to kill majestic creatures like zebras were being flogged from Staffordshire's County Showground

Nada attended a two-day event called The Stalking Show (Image: Adam Gerrard)

Sickening trophy hunting trips to shoot elephants, giraffes, leopards, lions and zebras in Africa were on sale at a UK hunting show.

Over 250 exhibitors flocked to this two-day event called The Stalking Show at Staffordshire County Show “created by hunters, for hunters” which says it is “bringing people of all ages with similar interests together.”

Amongst the stalls of guns, game butchery, taxidermy services and pest control, were firms offering hunting holidays. Bloodthirsty safaris were being sold by the Real Big 5 which calls itself, “The UK’s 1st worldwide hunting agent” and “The Chateau Lafitte of hunting”.

Leaflets handed out at the show in Stafford at the weekend boasted how it is “helping hunters from around the globe bring the planet’s toughest trophies to heel.”

Among the trips The Real Big 5 was flogging was a £2,500 “stalking show special” to hunt a blue wildebeest, zebra, bluebuck blue antelope and impala during a five day all inclusive stay in South Africa. Warthogs, jackals and baboons were being advertised as free to slaughter.

When asked if it would be possible to turn the zebra into something, a representative replied: ”100%. Field preparation is included in the price.”