AN AMERICAN HUNTER IS

PUSHING BACK AGAINST HER CRITICS

AFTER PHOTOS OF HER NEXT TO A

GIRAFFE SHE KILLED IN SOUTH

AFRICA TRIGGERED GLOBAL OUTRAGE.

TESS THOMPSON TALLEY TELLS "CBS

THIS MORNING" SHE KILLED THE OLD

BULL GIRAFFE TO PREVENT IT FROM

ATTACKING YOUNGER GIRAFFES.

SHE SAID, QUOTE, THIS IS CALLED

CONSERVATION THROUGH GAME

MANAGEMENT.

DAVID BEGNAUD SHOWS US WHY SOME

CONSERVATIONISTS AREN'T BUYING

HER SPLANATION.

DAVID, GOOD MORNING.

ANTHONY, GOOD MORNING.

IT'S BEING COMPARED TO CECIL THE

LION.

REMEMBER THAT BIG CAT HUNTED

DOWN BY THE DENTIST IN 2015?

EVEN THOUGH THIS GIRAFFE WASN'T

WORLD FAMOUS LIKE CECIL, THE

REACTION HAS BEEN EQUALLY AS

INTENSE.

CONSERVATIONISTS FEAR THAT ONE

OF THE GREATEST BEASTS OF THE

AFRICAN SAVANNAH COULD SOON FACE

EXTINCTION.

FEWER THAN 100,000 GIRAFFES

REMAIN ON THE ENTIRE PLANET.

WHEN THESE PICTURES SURFACED OF

TESS THOMPSON TALLEY POSING WITH

A GIRAFFE SHE JUST KILLED,

CONSERVATIONISTS WERE SICKENED.

IT'S DISGUSTING THAT ANYONE

WOULD TAKE JOY OR PLEASURE IN

KILLING A BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL

ANIMAL LIKE A GIRAFFE.

Reporter: OBSCURE NEWS AFRICLAND.

ACTRESS DEBORAH MESSING SAID SHE

WAS A VILE, HEARTLESS, SELFISH

MURDERER.

PEOPLE WILL SAY STUFF BEHIND

A COMPUTER SCREEN THEY'LL NEVER

SAY TO YOUR FACE.

PAUL BABAZ IS PRESIDENT OF

SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL.

TESS THOMPSON TALLEY IS ALSO A

MEMBER.

GIRAFFES ARE LEGAL TO HUNT IN

SOUTH AFRICA.

Reporter: SHE SAID IT'S OVER

18 YEARS OLD, BEYOND BREEDING

AGE YET KILLED THREE YOUNGER

BULLS.

NOW THAT THE GIRAFFE IS GONE,

THE YOUNGER BULLS ARE ABLE TO

BREED, SHE SAID.

TROPHY FEE FOR A GIRAFFE IS

ABOUT $2,000 TO $3,000 PER

ANIMAL.

HE SAYS BECAUSE MONEY FROM LEGAL

HUNTING HELPS SUPPORT THE LOCAL

COMMUNITY, IT PROVIDES AN

INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE BIG GAME

ANIMALS DON'T BECOME EXTINCT.

WITHOUT THAT, POACHERS COULD

MANY IN AND KILL THE ANIMALS

INDISCRIMINATELY, WHICH IS

UNFORTUNATE.

Reporter: HER PREY WAS A

BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN GIRAFFE.

SUB SPECIES WHICH POPULATION IS

UP 167% SINCE 1979.

TO MORE THAN 21,000.

BUT THE GIRAFFE POPULATION

OVERALL HAS DECLINED, AS MUCH AS

40%.

IRIS HO WITH HUMANE SOCIETY

INTERNATIONAL INSISTS WILDLIFE

TOURISM IS FAR MORE BENEFICIAL

FOR THE ANIMALS AND LOCAL

COMMUNITIES THAN TROPHY HUNTING.

U.S. IMPORTS ALMOST 4,000

GIRAFFE TROPHIES FOR THE LAST

TEN YEARS, PROBABLY EVERY DAY

THERE'S A GIRAFFE BEING KILLED

AND IMPORTED INTO THE U.S. AS

HUNTING TROPHY.

Reporter: NOW ACCORDING TO

BABAZ, THAT HUNTING ADVOCATE WE

SPOKE TO, TALLEY ATE SOME OF THE

GIRAFFE MEAT DURING THE HUNTING

TRIP BUT GAVE MOST OF IT AWAY TO

FEED LOCAL VILLAGERS, INCLUDING

CHILDREN AT AN ORPHANAGE.

HE CANNOT PROVE THAT HAPPENED

AND WE CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY

CONFIRM IT.

I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS

WHOLE IDEA OF POSING WITH AN

ANIMAL YOU JUST SHOT.

I DO, TOO.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU

WANT TO DO THAT.

I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH.

WHEN YOU GIVE THAT TAG THAT YOU

GAVE, THE MORE YOU HEAR, THE

WORSE IT GETS.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT PEOPLE

HUNTED GIRAFFES, NUMBER ONE.

GROWING UP IN TEXAS, LIKE