Outrage mob targets Jimmy John's sandwich shop with boycott after owner's old photos resurface

Sandwich chain Jimmy John's is the latest target of a boycott after old photos showing owner Jimmy John Liautaud posing with African animals that he legally hunted resurfaced.

The hashtag #boycottjimmyjohns trended on Twitter after "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill brought attention to an old photo of Liautaud posing with an elephant that he hunted.

Thumbs up to a boycott of all @jimmyjohns restaurants!
(with apologies for posting this obscene photo)
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 https://t.co/IjHuZf647c

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 23, 2019

The photo that Hamill tweeted has since been deleted, but that didn't stop Hamill from sharing additional photos on Saturday.

Others, like Brother Nature, an account with more than 2 million followers, soon followed Hamill's lead.

We boycotting Jimmy Johns https://t.co/pIjgVbJmCM

— Brother Nature (@BrotherNature) August 23, 2019

Only jerks give two thumbs up after murdering a peaceful animal in their home.

This is the CEO of @JimmyJohns over the body of an elephant he killed.

Use the viral hashtag #BoycottJimmyJohns to spread the word that KILLING ANIMALS IS NOT A SPORT! https://t.co/wTnWCAC1rE

— PETA (@peta) August 23, 2019

The owner of Jimmy Johns is a repeat offender.

Feel free to stop buying his sandwiches and funding his inhumane exploits. pic.twitter.com/nPBWhtHXO0

— Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) August 23, 2019

When an elephant was tasked with laying down logs in pre-dug holes, it outright refused when a dog was sleeping in one. It wouldn’t do anything until the dog left. Elephants have so much empathy and compassion for others. The owner of Jimmy Johns is a monster. #BoycottJimmyJohns pic.twitter.com/ccX6l8CFXI

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) August 23, 2019

However, despite the outrage and boycott, Liautaud no longer hunts large animals in Africa. In fact, he told the Chicago Tribune in 2015 that he stopped doing so more than a decade prior.

"I choose to hunt and I choose to fish," he told the newspaper. "Everything I've done has been totally legal. And the meat has been eaten, if not by me than by someone I'm with. I don't hunt big African game anymore."


This is not the first time Jimmy John's has faced a boycott over Liautaud's photos. The popular sandwich chain faced similar backlash in 2015 when the same photos surfaced.