![]() Business Insider said Jimmy John’s may be hurt by the reaction to Liautaud’s safari as it prepares to go public soon - an assessment Wall Street Journal seconded.Ītlantic Street Capital is reportedly considering Jimmy John’s as a potential investment, but declined a WSJ request for comment on whether the boycott would affect its decision. The infamy from his 2010 safari is of particular importance in 2016. While still an avid hunter, Liautaud said he no longer hunts African big game. And the meat has been eaten, if not by me then by someone I’m with.” “Everything I’ve done has been totally legal. “I choose to hunt and I choose to fish,” he said. He reportedly cried during the interview as he discussed the backlash. 3, 2015, Liautaud said the hunts have certainly had an effect on his reputation, if not his business. Jonah Lupton calls for a boycott of Jimmy John’s on Twitter. No one has alleged that the hunts were illegal or handled in an unsportsmanlike manner, but the public continues to decry Liautaud’s choice to hunt species that are considered endangered. Twitter user Jonah Lupton began stirring the pot again in August 2015, calling Liautaud a “scumbag” and literally begging the public to boycott Jimmy John’s as retaliation. That anger has waxed and waned over the years as the photos have sporadically resurfaced, but the hunter began receiving consistent flak in the fall of 2015 after “Cecil” the lion’s death earlier that year. Liautaud’s trophy hunting angered many and led to numerous calls for boycotts of his company. Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John’s restaurant chain took elephants, a rhino and a leopard, along with plains game species - posing afterward for photos with a smile on his face and a thumbs up. Note: Originally published February 29, 2016. The founder and CEO of Jimmy John’s, a restaurant chain famous for the quick delivery of its products, is under fire for his 2010 African safari.
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