The teenaged Texas Tech cheerleader who created a social media firestorm with photos of the African big game she hunted has fired back at her online attackers. In a typo-laden defense that invokes the safari-loving 26th U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, Kendall Jones, 19, claims that killing rare rhinos and elephants actually helps to save them. 'This is a conservation effort to assure [sic] that they never do become extinct,' the teen from Cleburne, Texas posted to Facebook. 'This is a conservation effort! ': 19-year-old Texas Tech cheerleader Kendall Jones is firing back at the critics who say her hunting safaris to Africa are just poaching expeditions disguised as conservations
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Kendall Jones, 19, drew the ire of thousands with her Facebook photos showing her smiling alongside rare African beasts
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She fired back Tuesday in a Facebook post invoking 26th American president Teddy Roosevelt
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Jones has posted shots of herself posing with dead elephants, hippos and lions among others that she's killed across Africa
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Jones claims her kills come after a 'fair chase,' but thousands are demanding that Facebook remove the posts
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Jones is a cheerleader at Texas Tech and is gunning for a reality show about her African adventures
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