@CoreyCogdell So you like killing animals? I hope you suffer a long, painful death. I trully do.
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Lucia Levy (@LuluLevy) August 05, 2012
Corey Cogdell is a Trap Shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
She also participates in trophy hunting (hunting of wild game animals).
After Cogdell published photos on Facebook of herself posing alongside animals she killed, anti-hunting activists took to Twitter to express their strong displeasure.
@CoreyCogdell pity the bus didn't crash. You are a waste of oxygen and an embarassment to the human race.Karma is a bitch.—
Natascha Bracale (@TaschaB13) August 04, 2012
@CoreyCogdell Fuck you!—
majo navarro (@marijos888) August 03, 2012
Some critics actually urged Cogdell to shoot herself:
@CoreyCogdell please go shoot yourself in the knees. YOU ANIMAL MURDERER!! you're a disgusting human being.—
(@Konejira) August 03, 2012
@CoreyCogdell kill yourself please !—
¡ElAmorDeTúVidɑ ♥ (@angel_alexaa) August 03, 2012
Several more Twitter users appeared to encourage violence against Cogdell or her family:
@Animal_Justice @coreycogdell What a f***ing waste! WTFIs wrong with ppl?cruel!! These ppl need to be shot deheaded and posted on a wall—
Vanessa Lea Kapusta (@NeSaLeaKapusta) August 03, 2012
I really hope the olympic games do something about this murderer @coreycogdell sad, so sad maybe she needs to feel a shoot to understand—
Mikito Sanmi (@mikkitto) August 03, 2012
@CoreyCogdell I hope that someone someday shoot your whole familly just practicing.—
Pablo Honney (@pablito_honas) August 02, 2012
People are free to debate and disagree about the morality of hunting, but this bloodthirsty advocacy of violence — by supposed champions of compassion for all living things — is beastly and beyond the pale.
Hat tip: lockestep.
Update: If anyone doubts the number of hostile tweets directed at Ms. Cogdell, here are some more.
And click here to see similar comments posted on Facebook.