Princes Join Forces to Combat Illegal Poaching - William Criticized for Hunting the Day Before
Princes Charles, William, and Harry teamed up for a recent appearance and meeting with world leaders to brief them on the dangers of illegal poaching. However, the meeting was put under exceptional scrutiny given that Prince William was photographed on a boar hunt beforehand.
"Today, if I may say so, you are breaking new ground by coming together and committing – at high levels never before seen at a conference on this topic – to take urgent action to put a stop to this trade, which has become a grave threat not only to the wildlife and the people who protect them, but also to the security of nations," Prince Charles said to those gathered at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference at Lancaster House.
Yet those in attendance were a bit skeptical of Prince Charles' son's intentions, given that William had been photographed hunting boar with his ex-girlfriend. One such critic of William's hunting adventure was performer Morrissey, who posted a scathing opine about his actions.
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"One day prior to giving a public plea on behalf of animal welfare, Prince William is to be found in Spain shooting and killing as many deer and boar as they possibly can! Although William's speech (no doubt written by his publicity aides at Clarence House) will concentrate on endangered species, William is too thickwit to realize that animals such as tigers and rhino are only driven to near extinction because people who are precisely like himself and his brother have shot them off the map – all in the name of sport and slaughter. Whenever you shoot an animal in the head the outcome is usually the same: death," Morrissey wrote.
The princes are joining with celebrities such as Yao Ming, David Beckham and Jackie Chan in order to promote awareness of illegal poaching. The effort is paying off, according to Prince Charles.
"Late in the last decade, an aggressive public campaign led by WildAid and Chinese athlete Yao Ming – combined with government bans on the use of shark fin soup at government functions – caused a dramatic drop in public demand for the product," Charles said.
