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  • 2015-07-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Is the Owner of Jimmy John's a Big-Game Hunter? (en)
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  • On 10 June 2011, the web site Smile Politely uncovered photos purportedly showing Jimmy John Liautaud, the founder of Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, posing with various dead trophy animals. Two of the photos include an elephant and a leopard. The man pictured in these photographs (which are no longer available on the Johan Calitz Safaris' Facebook Page) certainly bears a striking resemblance to Mr. Liautaud, and according to Sporting Classics Daily the pictures date from a 2010 safari: The Hunting Report, a magazine that has been covering high-quality big game hunting in North America and Africa since the 1980s, has recorded several of Liautaud's hunts for animals such as wolf, Rhinoceros, deer, and Lynx. The Hunting Report also has a record of Jimmy John Liautaud (although misspelled Liaufand) going on a big game hunt in Botswana for elephant, buffalo, and zebra with Johan Calitz Safaris: There is no evidence that any of the above-mentioned activity was illegal. Big game hunting is legal in many parts of the world, and some claim that it can be beneficial to conservation efforts. Johan Calitz Safaris, for instance, writes on their Facebook page that their safaris benefit local communities: (en)
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