Poacher Trampled By Elephant
The 437,000 electronic media mentions of Ernie Dosios death by elephant posted within the next nine days dwarfed the 67,300 mentions generated over nearly nine months by reports of the death of fellow multi-millionaire trophy hunter Asher Watkins, 52, trampled by a Cape buffalo he was trying to stalk in Limpopo province, South ... CAPE TOWN, South Africa A well-known millionaire trophy hunter who owned a California winery was trampled to death by five rampaging elephants while stalking his next big game kill in Africa. A hunter was reportedly trampled to death by a herd of female elephants while on a paid excursion in Gabon.
The incident is yet another ugly consequence of this cruel blood sport. Take action today. Lodi vineyard owner Ernie Dosio was trampled to death by elephants on a hunting trip in Gabon; his guide was injured.
When the news broke that a poacher had been trampled to death by an elephant, social media had something to say about it. But the issue isn't so black and white. Meanwhile, critics of big game hunting have also pointed to its dangers.
For one thing, Dosio was far from the first trophy hunter to be killed by an elephant during an African expedition in recent years. In 2017, for instance, a hunter from Argentina was trampled to death by an elephant that he was trying to shoot. Five African elephants trampled a millionaire game hunter to death while he was out stalking antelopes armed with a high-powered rifle.
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old California vineyard owner and prominent big-game hunter, was killed after being trampled by a herd of forest elephants in Gabon's Lope-Okanda rainforest. The incident ... A Vineyard tycoon millionaire and big-game hunter has died after being trampled by five elephants during a hunting trip in Central Africa.
The hunt reportedly cost around $40,000. According to accounts, he was trampled to death after coming across five female elephants and a calf, an especially vulnerable family unit. His guide was critically injured.
Gabons forest elephants, an endangered population, are already under immense pressure, making such encounters even more dangerous.
