Giraffe killing puts another hunter under fire

A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has been criticized by animal-rights activists for flaunting online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recent guided hunt in South Africa.

Sabrina Corgatelli, an accountant for Idaho State University, appeared on NBC's Today show on Monday to defend trophy hunting amid mounting international outrage over last month's killing of Cecil, Zimbabwe's best known lion, by a US dentist.

"Everybody thinks we're coldhearted killers, and it's not that," Corgatelli said in the nationally televised interview.