{"id":33685,"date":"2017-05-11T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T08:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=33685"},"modified":"2017-05-11T08:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T08:43:14","slug":"smiling-man-pictured-lying-naked-8ft-shark-bizarre-trophy-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=33685","title":{"rendered":"Smiling man pictured lying NAKED on an 8ft shark for bizarre trophy photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animal rights activists branded the image “disrespectful” as a US football coach was forced to deny he was the man captured<\/p>\n

A bizarre hunt has been launched to identify a man pictured mounting a dead shark while naked.<\/p>\n

Animal welfare campaigners are keen to find the nude poser after the shark was slaughtered in a suspected trophy killing.<\/p>\n

The disturbing image shows the man grinning as he lies on top of the creature and hugs it on what looks like a fishing boat.<\/p>\n

Activists branded the picture “disrespectful” to the shark and said the man should be quizzed over his “humiliating” behaviour.<\/p>\n

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Animal rights campaigners branded the photo “disrespectful”<\/span> (Photo: Cultura RF)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The photograph was shared by wildlife presenter Anneka Svenska who tweeted: “Who is this man? Please RT, find him & ask him why he did this? Where is the humour in humiliating slaughtered animals?”<\/p>\n

More than a thousand social users have since retweeted the post.<\/p>\n

While Marie Levine, founder and executive director of the Shark Research Institute, told The Huffington Post: “That\u2019s disrespectful to the shark.”<\/p>\n

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Florida Gators coach Jim McElwain denied he was the man pictured<\/span> (Photo: Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption>

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