Fill up funeral of WW2 hero
US banker pays £85k to slaughter a rare breed in Himalayas
AN appeal has gone out to give an RAF hero a good send-off as only two people are attending his funeral.
George Peter Osborne, 96, died last month and was a signaller in Bomber Command during the Second World War.
A spokesman for funeral director Paul Capper said: “Is there anyone out there that could help give this hero a fitting send-off ?”
George’s funeral is being held at 9.45am today at the Southampton Crematorium’s East Chapel. AN American trophy hunter has sparked outrage after paying a record £85,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in the Himalayas.
Banker Bryan Harlan slaughtered the Astor markhor in Pakistan. He posed for a photo with the animal’s corpse, and said: “It was an easy and close shot. I am pleased to take this trophy.” He was widely criticised. Chandra Prasad wrote: “No one disgusts me more than hunters like this.” Another said: “You paid someone to murder an animal. Gross.”
After the hunt, Harlan, of Plano, Texas, said: “It is an honour to be back in Pakistan. I have hunted almost all animals here. I saved the markhors for the last.”
Footage shows the goat leaping in pain as Harlan fires a shot into its side. He then high-fives a member of his group.
Fewer than 6,000 Astors exist in the wild. The Pakistan government sold hunting permits for Astors in October. It Group &, inset, taking aim said the cash goes to conservation efforts to help save species from extinction.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified Astors from endangered to threatened, to encourage conservation. Trophies can be taken back to the States.