A Texan trophy hunter who controversially posed with a rare black giraffe's body has revealed that she ate the animal and it was "delicious."

Tess Thompson Talley, 37, also said she made decorative pillow cases and a gun case from the carcass.

She shot the 4,000lb animal on a hunting trip in South Africa in 2017. When photographs were posted on social media last year she received death threats.

In a new interview with CBS News she was asked abut the giraffe and replied: "He was delicious. They are put here for us. We harvest them, we eat them. You do what you love to do. It's joy."

She showed the gun case made from the animal, adding: "This is a part of the black giraffe that I shot, something I could take around with me, and have on my hunts.