Elephant Shooting Controversy
In 2011, Parsons was denounced by animal rights groups for tweeting a video in which he shoots and kills an elephant in Zimbabwe. In response, Parsons explained, "The tribal authorities requested that I and others like me patrol the fields before and during the harvest." PETA said that it would close its account with Go Daddy and urged others to do the same. Parsons has made unsustainable claims that by shooting leopards and elephants that he has been helping the local population. He has also stated that he believes the opposition to him only exists within small organisations who are not his customers.
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