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Dexerto – A Vineyard tycoon millionaire and big-game hunter has died after being trampled by five elephants during a hunting trip in Central Africa.

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner from California, was killed while hunting in Gabon’s Lope-Okanda rainforest, according to reports. Dosio had reportedly been stalking a yellow-backed duiker, a small forest antelope, when the group came across the elephants.

The herd, said to include five female elephants and a calf, was reportedly startled by the hunters’ presence and charged. Dosio was killed in the attack, while his professional guide was seriously injured.

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Pistols Firing 12•12 hours

Animals were just doing some trophy hunting of their own.

3nOut•12 hours

I don’t love or hate trophy hunting but I also don’t pity somebody who gets killed by big game either.

thumperpait•9 hours

I have no respect for trophy hunting. If you don't plan on eating it, don't kill it. Sounds like the elephants did their own trophy hunting.

weagle1999•6 hours

Have you ever been to Africa? Nothing goes to waste. Either the hunters eat it or the villagers

grizzlylongcut•13 min

You have no clue as to what goes into this type of hunting.

LSUFanMizeWay•7 hours

My brother's ex wife weighed more than those elephant

LSUFanMizeWay•7 hours

. elephants

theballguy•7 hours

Trophy hunter trampled to death by his own quarry. Good.

weagle1999•6 hours

He wasn’t hunting elephants.

redfish99•7 hours

He wouldn’t have had it any other way. Nice job bro

Mr Happy•5 hours

Seems fair.

weagle1999•6 hours

Africa is not the United States.

Without people paying to hunt and giving land owners a reason to protect the animals for profit, almost every animal in Africa would be dead and eaten by the locals.

Cwils2222•10 hours

Not a fan of the whole trophy hunting thing, but at least he was doing it the right way and actually tracking/hunting through the jungle as opposed to shooting from a helicopter at somebody’s ranch.

DanglingFury•12 hours

Lol

Lynxrufus2012•2 hours

There is great elk hunting in Kentucky and no elephants. Lot’s of good meat on an elk.

Corso•3 hours

I have sympathy for his family, but frick him he went into their world to decorate his wall and nature happened

weagle1999•6 hours

Also: Kruger can support 20,000 elephants. Right now, there are 40,000 elephants in the park. And that many will wreck the habitat for other species.

You either have to give the elephants more land to live on or you have to remove the excess (cull).

grizzlylongcut•12 min

People taking victory laps over this are shite.

JYD•1 hour

That’s a shame gif

mule74•2 hours

Mess with the bull …. Yada yada

The_Duke•2 hours

Sort of a poetic way to die

Lou Loomis•2 hours

How do you manage to stumble upon 5 elephants without noticing them? Great hunting sense!

UnclePat76•3 hours

As long as the elephant eats him and didn’t kill him for sport I’m good. Head trophy on the wall would be good as well.