Glenn McGrath hunting photos backlash: Brett Lee images emerge

UPDATE: Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee is the latest sporting casualty to be dragged into a social media storm over hunting photos.

Another image surfaced online today after yesterday’s backlash against Glenn McGrath when photos of him hunting African animals on safari in 2008 circulated social media.

The latest picture shows Lee with McGrath around a dead bleeding animal hanging off the back of a vehicle and two children posing in the photo.

One of the children appears to be holding the dead animal’s head up.

Social media users immediately responded with distaste.

Yesterday Australian cricket legend Glenn McGrath was shamed on Twitter after photos emerged of him posing with dead animals in Africa.

Warning: Photos below may disturb some readers

The images appeared on social media but were taken in 2008. McGrath was seen holding a gun in front of several animals, including an elephant and a buffalo.

They were originally posted on the Chipitani Safaris game park website, but have been since been taken down.

McGrath then posted a statement on his Twitter account expressing his “deep regret”, and saying he was going through a tough time in 2008 due to the death of his wife, Jane McGrath.

“In 2008 I participated in a hunting safari in Zimbabwe that was licensed and legal, but in hindsight highly inappropriate,” McGrath said.

“It was an extremely difficult time in my life and looking back I deeply regret being involved.”

The cricketer has been slammed online, with many people labelling it as “disgusting”.

McGrath is a known hunting enthusiast, often going out with fellow cricketer Brett Lee on his rural property.

He has previously spoken to the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia magazine, saying: “Hunting is as much about mateship as anything else. Some of the best friends that I have are hunters; they’re not a bunch of rednecks that go around shooting anything that moves.”

After McGrath took his 500th test wicket, his late wife Jane McGrath bought him a special hunting rifle. McGrath admitted to SSAA that his wife never really liked him hunting, but accepted that it was a passion of his.

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