If you haven’t already read about Melissa Bachman and the furore caused by her shooting a lion in South Africa recently – and bragging about it on social media – then you’re living under a rock and you really should get out more. Let me explain why I'm grateful to Melissa Bachman – and you should be too.
By Roxanne Reid
If you haven’t already read about Melissa Bachman and the furore caused by her shooting a lion in South Africa recently – and bragging about it on social media – then you’re living under a rock and you really should get out more. Let me explain why I'm grateful to Melissa Bachman – and you should be too.
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