Vet who posed with dead big game animals falls to his death while hunting

Many comments on social media are saying karma is alive and well, after an Italian vet who shot many animals slipped and fell to his death.

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Luciano Ponzetto, 55, is the veterinary surgeon in question, who upset many with his images, posing with dead animals, including lions, leopards, a warthog and buck. After he posed with his kills last year – with a huge smile on his face – animal activists started a campaign against him. Some went so far as to start a Facebook page dedicated to shaming Ponzetto and the vet even received some death threats.

At the time of the controversy over his big game hunting, Ponzetto defended his actions, saying that being a vet “is not incompatible with hunting, either morally or professionally.” Reportedly the Veterinarian’s Guild in Italy took the hunter’s side, saying that “hunting is a hobby regulated by the law, which does not allow us to take measures against him.”

Luciano Ponzetto, 55, became infamous last year after sharing snaps of his trophy kills.… https://t.co/FNKbDNII7z pic.twitter.com/KIQn75LCHL

— David Trender (@IceTrends) December 16, 2016

Ponzetto’s latest hunting trip was fatal

Ponzetto continued hunting after the uproar happened, but no doubt kept a lower profile on social media. However now he hits the headlines again. It turns out his latest hunting trip was a fatal one, as he slipped on the ice and fell 100ft down into a ravine while shooting wild birds.

The Sun quoted an Italian police officer as saying: “His body was recovered by helicopter and taken to a local hospital… It looks like he slipped and fell when he was out hunting. He died instantly and there was nothing that could be done.”

#Italian #Veterinarian #LucianoPonzetto learns #WildlifeCrimeHasConsequences https://t.co/OxE0wTdqX1 pic.twitter.com/7Wj3l0kKrL

— Ali Van Zee (@alikat747) November 10, 2015

Source: The Sun