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Ivory Hunter Trampled To Death By The Elephant He Was Hunting
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Last week, professional Zimbabwean big-game hunter Ian Gibson was trampled by a young bull elephant after spending 5 hours tracking it for an American hunting client.
The 55-year-old hunter, who worked with Chifuti Safaris, approached the elephant to measure its ivory when his client had stopped to rest. When he and his tracker, Robert, came within 50-100m of the elephant, it began to charge, as it was in an aggressive state called “musth.” Gibson fired off one shot before being killed, and the elephant survived. Read on for more of the story.
More info: africahunting.com | chifutisafaris.com
Ian Gibson (55) spent 5 hours chasing a young elephant
The elephant was in “musth,” a highly aggressive state related to reproduction, so it turned and trampled him to death
Safari hunts like the one shown here by Chifuti Safaris net much-needed conservation funds, but at the cost of an elephant’s life
The hunting community called Gibson an avid conservationist, though some animal rights supporters celebrated the incident as a form of gruesome justice
Even professional hunters can’t always tell what a wild animal will do next!
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Justice, that served him well
One less! Next!!! =D
Good, serves him right. One life is not more important than another.
@Sky: yes, an endangered elephant's life is way more important then a fking poacher's life from the overpopulated, greedy human race.
Sky why a humans' life is is more worthy than an elephants'? Could you pls elaborate
Sky: + 7 billion people with no regard for life, against 6 to 700.000 African elephants, expected to disappear within 10 years...
Yes 1 life out of several billion is much less important than 1 life out of a couple thousand
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So an elephants life is as important as a humans? I don't agree with the hunting but I think you're a little over excited
No, it's more important. It was a hunting GAME, right? I always support the weakest team, in this case the elephant.
Yes it is as important as a human's life. ALL life is precious. We have no right to kill anything for it's pelt, ivory, etc/
I cant believe there is a hunting community...like what the heck??!
whe wouldn't know about it, as hey call themselves conservationists, a false title to hide unnecessary animal carnage.
and I forgot to say, extremely lucrative.
Professional hunters bring tourists into the country, this money goes towards conserving wildlife. This is not a poacher we're talking about
Justice, that served him well
One less! Next!!! =D
Good, serves him right. One life is not more important than another.
@Sky: yes, an endangered elephant's life is way more important then a fking poacher's life from the overpopulated, greedy human race.
Sky why a humans' life is is more worthy than an elephants'? Could you pls elaborate
Sky: + 7 billion people with no regard for life, against 6 to 700.000 African elephants, expected to disappear within 10 years...
Yes 1 life out of several billion is much less important than 1 life out of a couple thousand
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
So an elephants life is as important as a humans? I don't agree with the hunting but I think you're a little over excited
No, it's more important. It was a hunting GAME, right? I always support the weakest team, in this case the elephant.
Yes it is as important as a human's life. ALL life is precious. We have no right to kill anything for it's pelt, ivory, etc/
I cant believe there is a hunting community...like what the heck??!
whe wouldn't know about it, as hey call themselves conservationists, a false title to hide unnecessary animal carnage.
and I forgot to say, extremely lucrative.
Professional hunters bring tourists into the country, this money goes towards conserving wildlife. This is not a poacher we're talking about