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PETA releases Halloween costume of Trump Jr. with bloody leopard trophy

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The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is taking aim at Donald Trump Jr.’s affinity for hunting, releasing a Halloween costume of him entwined with a bloodied leopard.

“There’s nothing more frightful than an entitled ghoul who gets his kicks from gunning down wild animals,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a Thursday statement.

{mosads}”This Halloween, PETA will help people poke fun at someone who believes that the world and its wildlife are here for him to take,” Newkirk said.

The $169 “Donald Trump Jr. Hunting Halloween” costume, for which PETA is currently accepting pre-orders on its website, includes a blood-stained camouflage jacket with a name tag that reads “Half-Cocked.” A red cap and a leopard stuffed animal are also part of the get-up, although a listing indicates “prop gun not included.”

PETA says the costume was “inspired by and is a twist on the trophy-hunting photo that showed the Trump brothers grinning over the body of a dead leopard.”

PETA says all profits from costume sales will go to support its work.

Trump Jr. is known to be an avid big game hunter. A member of the Boone and Crocket Club, President Trump’s 40-year-old son has been photographed holding both elephant and leopard trophies.

The Trump Organization executive responded to PETA with a Thursday afternoon tweet that said few groups have “have as much animal blood on their hands,” while linking to an article about the organization’s animal euthanasia.

—Updated at 5:09 p.m.

Tags Animal welfare Donald Trump Donald Trump Jr. PETA Trophy hunting

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