U.S. Hunter Kills ‘Beautiful’ Goat. Now Scotland Is Scrutinizing Its Laws.

LONDON — The Scottish government said it was reviewing its animal culling laws after a photograph of an American hunter posing with the carcass of a black-faced goat with magnificent horns during a hunting trip to Scotland set off a furor on social media this past week.

The hunter, Larysa Switlyk, whose Twitter account says she is from Florida and is the host of a show called “Larysa Unleashed” on the Canadian channel Wild TV, posted the image of the dead goat on her Instagram account.

“Beautiful wild goat here on the Island of Islay in Scotland,” wrote Ms. Switlyk, who describes herself on Twitter as “not your typical CPA, professional huntress and angler.” “Such a fun hunt!!”

Ms. Switlyk added: “Made a perfect 200 yard shot and dropped him with the gunwerks and nightforce-optics! (Good thing too because he could have ran off the cliff into the water).”

She also posted on Twitter images of other dead animals shot during the hunt, including a ram and a red stag, and appeared to have enjoyed eating the stag, publishing an image of cuts of meat with vegetableswith the caption “Nothing Better than enjoying what you hunt!! Fresh Red Stag from our hunt in the highlands of Scotland!!”

Outraged Scots took to social media to slam what they saw as a cruel, boastful display, though some justified the legal hunt as necessary to cull a wild animal classified as a nonnative invasive species in Scotland with no natural predators.

But Sarah Moyes, a spokeswoman for OneKind, an organization dedicated to ending cruelty to Scotland’s animals, said in an email: “It’s utterly shocking to see these images of Larysa Switlyk and other hunters posing for photos with the wild animals they killed on a recent trip to Scotland. Yet again, instead of celebrating Scotland’s magnificent wildlife, we are seeing these beautiful animals exploited in the name of sport.”

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