Ricky Gervais shames giraffe killer Rebecca Francis on Twitter

Updated May 18 2015 - 10:33am, first published April 16 2015 - 2:41pm
Rebecca Francis, in a picture from her Facebook page, of the giraffe she shot in Africa.
 Photo: Facebook
Rebecca Francis, in a picture from her Facebook page, of the giraffe she shot in Africa. Photo: Facebook
Rebecca Francis, in a picture from her Facebook page, of a bear she shot.
Rebecca Francis, in a picture from her Facebook page, of a bear she shot.

An extreme hunter has become the target of a social media backlash after a photo of her posing beside a dead giraffe was tweeted by comedian Ricky Gervais.