The boss of a multi-billion pound mining company who posed with animals killed as trophies while on hunting trips in Africa has quite the board of a wildlife conservation board his was sitting on.
Mark Bristow, who is the CEO of mining company Randgold, was photographed posing next to dead elephants, antelope, gazelle, a hippo, lion, buffalo, zebra, and a leopard.
The pictures of the dead endangered animals were used as part of a newsletter for Hunters & Guides Africa - a hunting tour operator based in South Africa.
Mr Bristow appeared in the promotional material between 2005 and 2014 while on hunts in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
In one picture the CEO is seen sitting next to a dead elephant carcass alongside his young son.
Mark Bristow posing next to a dead leopard in Mozambique despite being on the board of big cat conservation charity, Panthera
Last year the 59-year-old was appointed to the conservation council of Panthera, a global charity dedicated to the conservation of wild cats.
But yesterday Mr Bristow resigned from the board after the pictures of his hunting trips came to light last week.
Dr Thomas Kaplan, chairman of Panthera, said he knew Mr Bristow was a hunter when he asked him to join the organisation but did so because he wanted 'varied voices that could add new dimensions'.
He added: 'Mark has engaged in legal trophy hunting, and, understandably so, howls of outrage have accompanied pictures that show him with trophies of various animals, including cats.
'Mark and I have argued— passionately and loudly — about hunting over the years. We know where we each stand on the issue and — let me state this clearly — I alone “own” any of the controversy that we see today regarding his membership on Panthera’s Conservation Council.
There are thought to be just around 415,000 African elephants left. Mr Bristow with a elephant after a kill in Zimbabwe in 2006
'I knew Mark was a hunter when I invited him to join a body that is, for the most part, my creation. I wanted to create a “big tent” for our efforts, with multiple and varied voices that could add new dimensions and further reach to our mission.
'The Council therefore was built with the explicit intention to seek diversity of views as well as commitment. I made it a point to populate this assembly with people who do not simply echo my own sentiments or validate my personal positions.
'I sought out leaders who could, in one way or another, help me make Panthera’s impact even greater.'
There are thought to be only around 415,000 African elephants left in the wild and around 130,000 African hippos.
The £5bn Randgold mining company agreed to be bought by Canada's Barrick Gold last week in an all-share deal that will make Mr Bristow boss of the world's largest gold miner.
South African-born Mr Bristow, who now lives in London with his wife and two sons, has been CEO of Randgold since 1995, making him the longest serving FTSE 100 boss.
The mining company CEO even posed a dead hippo even though there are only around 130,000 African hippos left
Randgold has a partnership with the Mali Elephant Project, which seeks to protect the world's only two remaining desert elephant herds.
Mr Bristow is also known for charitable work including his initiative, a cross-Africa motorbike safari that raises cash for Randgold's independent benevolent foundation.
Hollywood actress Glenn Close is chair of the Panthera charity and actor Jeremy Irons, author Wilbur Smith and other business leaders, diplomats and wildlife experts are also involved in the organisation.
Dr Thomas Kaplan said that legal hunting has a 'positive role to play' in stopping wild cats from being completely wiped out.
Mr Bristow pictured in Zimbabwe in 2005 with a fellow hunter after killing a buffalo
He added: 'I strongly believe that legal hunting has a positive role to play in parts of the African ecosystem and that, in some instances, the community buy-in it generates is actually the primary reason why wild cats are not simply exterminated.
'I understood and respected why Mark felt it was best for him and, more importantly, for Panthera, to resign. Yet I accepted his resignation with deep gratitude for the various contributions he made and, yes, with a measure of regret.
'Whatever one may think of hunting, it is a fact that the use of Mark’s considerable stature in West Africa has been helping us secure a vital hunting-free lion landscape in Senegal — with the potential to sustain 50 lions and their prey, truly one of the last remaining prides in a region that once teemed with thousands of lion.
Despite his company's work with the Mali Elephant Project, Mr Bristow was pictured alongside an endangered African elephant
'I will always be grateful for being in common cause with Mark and for his friendship. And I sincerely hope that following his example in Senegal, there will be others, and not just in my own group of friends, who will feel inspired to act and choose to help us save as many big cats as we possibly can before it is too late.'
Will Travers, president of the Born Free wildlife charity, said he hoped shareholders and investors in Randgold would share his disgust at the pictures.
He added: 'Mark Bristow is obviously fond of big numbers. His company, Randgold, just bought by Canada's Barrick Gold, is worth at least £5 billion.
'But there are other numbers he may be less willing to discuss. Mr Bristow shoots African elephants – there are about 415,000 left.
The South African-born executive posed for promotional newsletters for a specialist hunting tour company
'Mr Bristow shoots African hippo – there are about 130,000 left. He also shoots zebra, antelope, gazelle and leopard.
'He will claim that it supports conservation and development but evidence suggests that only around 3 per cent of what people like Mr Bristow spend on their deadly predilection ends up in local communities.
'Trophy hunting is not illegal. It is, however, deeply controversial. Large donations to conservation organisations (shame on them) do nothing to mitigate the horror that will surely be felt by many investors, shareholders and the general public, who will share my sense of disgust and abhorrence at people of wealth and privilege who kill the natural treasures of the world – for fun.'
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