Arsenal fan Jeremy Corbyn said he is ‘disgusted’ with the club’s majority shareholder for launching UK TV service showing blood sports and hunting shows

ARSENAL fan Jeremy Corbyn has lashed out at the owner of the club for launching a new online TV channel that shows blood sports and hunting shows.

The Labour leader told billionaire Stan Kroenke he was "disgusted" to hear the news and told him he should "stick to football".

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My Outdoor TV will host shows such as Bone Collector, Pigman: The Series, Cast & Blast, Miss Wildgame and Hollywood Weapons.

The streaming service has been available in the US since last year, and is now coming to Britain.

But Mr Corbyn slammed the decision as horrific and unethical.

He said: "I'm appalled at the glorification of killing wild and rare animals on this TV channel.

"As an Arsenal fan I'm disgusted that Stan Kroenke is involved in such a brutal, unethical and unnecessary activity.

"This is not sport. Kroenke should stick to football if he wants to be involved in sport. ‘Blood sport’ is a contradiction and there should be no place on television or anywhere else for it."

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Arsenal Fan TV also posted a message on Twitter calling the channel “sickening”.

The American billionaire owns 67 per cent of Arsenal's shares, and oversaw the launch of the channel.

The channel, part of Outdoor Sportsman Group, will show programmes which follow hunters around the globe who kill wild animals such as elephants and lions.

Philippa King, the chief operating officer of the League Against Cruel Sports, said trophy hunting was "brutal and shameful".

She added: "Most people won’t agree that trophy hunting is in any way ethical, and studies have debunked claims that most of the blood money goes towards supporting conservation.

"I’m not sure in what way an idiot with a gun against an elephant is a fair chase."

But a spokesperson for MOTV said that it will only show "ethical hunts" and it was not a matter related to Arsenal football club.