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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
Karma's a b*tch, A-hole ! Good riddance and well done, young elephant !
instant karma!
Sorry for his family but he got what was justly his. What he wanted for the Elephant turned on him.
..hunts..net..conservation funds..at the cost of an elephant’s life. "Saving animals by killing them." Uh, no. Good job, mad elephant!
A good Elephant.well done!!
I hope that elephant squashes them all like grapes under his toes!!!
Me too ! I hope he got to lie there for a few minutes while he was dying--to realize what was actually happening.
Karma...I realize it was his job...and he has a family...but a poor taste in jobs.
Yes,a job,but according to Buddhist Karma,this is NOT "Right Livelihood"
I CALL IT JUSTICE
good Elephant.Well done.!!
I think that he shouldn't have been hunting elephants anyway. Serves him right.
In plain English he got what he deserved. God just thinned the heard!
Sorry. I'm meant God just thinned the herd!
He got what he deserved. No sympathy for any asshole who kills wild animals for either sport or monetary gain!!
Rest in the hell...
MASTERFUL! I hope all those other fucks get the same treatment.
Good on you Jumbo. Whaaah, hey! Cheers!
Viste cuando lees una noticia y te da alegría ... pues eso se siente "QUE EL HUMANO SE DEJE DE MATAR PARA CONSEGUIR DINERO Y SE PONGA A TRABAJAR DE UNA VEZ EN COSAS QUE REDITUÈ A LA SOCIEDAD" esta basura de gente necesita ser quitada de la sociedad con urgencia!!!
carma
let the elephant's alone! that man found out the hard way! what does it take for this to happen? these animal's never forget and are more then capable of caring for their selves! we mourn for dead so do they! why would we put them through that? Is a hunt really worth all that? I can not believe that it is! Ivory is not worth it! worry about the people and teach them how to do for themselves in ways that do not harm the animals but live with them and all win! How about that
I am thrilled. I couldn't be more happy. Justice finally happened.
I am thrilled. Finally one of these assholes got what they deserved! I couldn't be more happy. Justice is great.
Trophy hunting should be banned and The Great White Hunter mentality should die and take its place in history attributable to the evil perpetrated against the animals of this earth. I would like to see all hunters trampled and grow in the corrupt politicos and pseudo conservationists for good measure. These animals should have their nation untouched by greedy humans!
I am happy with this I think that he got what he deserved. A person like this who spent his life doing evil things against animals...dont deserve any mercy at all!!
This is a heart-warming ending to a nasty story. Conservationist? Really? If he's killing elephants, he was a hunter. If hunting is a sport, the animal should have a 50-50 chance of killing the hunter.
Karma's a bitch. If you hunt for eat, it's just nature and maybe is more ethical than buy industrial meat but if you hunt for sport you deserve to be killed, just as you killed the other animals .
Karma's a bitch... If you hunt to eat, it's nature. If you hunt for "sport" you deserve to die, just you kill other animals.. Personal Opinion
Killing for Conservation is akin to masturbating for virginity. They said this same crap about Vietnam. We had to destroy the village to save it. Do people actually believe this crap? The mere fact that they have to raise funds by killing something they are supposed to be saving is a huge part of the problem. And I'd like to know who this American client was. Fucker!
I have NO sympathy for the hunters.
Go get em elephants, I am totally on your side !!!!!
good for him
Karma
A "conservationist" woudn"t, on top of everything else, be measuring the ivory for sale on the black market.
Great to see - kudos Elephant rampage
good news!!!! may he rot in hell the bastard!!!! karma does find justice!
God bless his sole
I'd like to introduce this wonderful elephant to ted nugent..
Yes indeed an elephant's life is far more important than a rich ivory hunter; elephant is on the brink of exctinction not coward hunters
An elephant killed his hunter ? Cool ! Next coward rich ivory hunter !
well done ! This elephant is a hero !
Once in a blue moon, the animals win. Bravo!
Serves him right
Well, he died doing what he loved...........killing
Well, he died doing what he loved.........killing.
I approve of that elephant. Elephant 1- Murdering jackass 0
This guy got PRECISELY what he had coming to him. LOVE this story. And Ian - may you ROT IN HELL.
d
gotta love this story. GOOD BYE animal killer. You got EXACTLY what you deserved. ROT IN HELL.
ha.ha.ha. serves him right who knows how many animals he's killed unnecessarily!?
Many trophy hunters are disguised as conservationists. It's like supporting the Fire Department by starting fires.
Two comments, first - If someone is chassing me, you bet i will do anything to stop them, yes, even kill them, and second, why there's even
People being upset about it? Those who play with fire..
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE SCUM OF THE WORLD
All these talks about saving the planet & then there is a hunting community which openly hunt animals! Burn in hell filthy bastard "gibson"!
Hope this will change the "conservation" notion of these hunts.
I hope he suffered
Awwww... well karma...
I agree with Sky
Well done that Elephant, it deserves a barrow full of bananas.
Is it bad that i rooted for the elephant?
ma na glavu ga nagazi!
Sweet justice.
Next 1 plz, come on guys
Next 1 plz, come on guys
Cheers !!!
Leave the elephants alone. Go pick up litter in your street that ends up in the ocean if you want to be a conservationist
Just leave them all alone
And what of the American Big Game Hunter?
Speedy recovery to the elephant :)
The BASTARD GOT WHAT HE DESERVED!!!!! Hopefully the rest of these so called hunters soon follow!!
The BASTARD got what he deserved!!!! Hopefully the rest of these hunters will follow!!
I mean, who does that???
Anyone who seeks to hunt protected animals for trophy spoils and the animal kills them dies of natural causes in my opinion.
You live by the sword and you will die by the sword. Looks like a rare win for the Elephants :D
And what about the 'clients'? Those who want the ivory souvenirs, fur coats etc. They create some of the demand and pay the big bucks.
And what about the 'clients'? Those people who want fur coats, ivory souvenirs etc. They create some of the demand and pay the big bucks.
Shouldn't the title say "Elephant kills hunter in self defense".
Shame on the American hunting client who is the one ultimately responsible for this incident!
hope the elephant took his teeth and made a necklace...
Good for the elephant. These so-called conservationist hunters take animal lives and make a fortune. One less for elephants to worry about.
KARMA !!
Nice to see the lefts compassion, as usual....
Ahhh , nice to see the liberal , human compassion!
Good!!!
Yes, justice served. The end does not justify the means. If man stopped trying to control nature, nature will fix herself. Man MUST STOP NOW
A life is a life. The elephant did what was necessary to save his own. Wouldn't we all do the same?
Read the site-- the way they try to justify what they do is both comical and sickening. How sad that they think this is okay!!
Any human life lost is sad, and I know what he was doing was wrong but I also feel bad because I wonder what led him to do such wrong things
These type of stories bring a side of me I don't like because I'm not sorry.
I am happy to read that almost everybody is anti hunting. Me too!!
I feel so bad for all those elephants who are being killed by humans. But for the dead hunter, I don't feel compassion.
Justice or not, I'm glad the elephant survived. Hunting these beautiful creatures is against everything worth living for.
justice - though offcouse there will be more idiots to come - thinking they are god
great! I hope he died the same way as the animals he killed... cruel and slowly...! Go to hell, a...hole! :) :) :) :) :)
I agree with Sky, is an elephants life more important then the humans thats hunting it?
Most people think so.
Would anyone be offended if I did a slow clap for the elephant? I have no sympathy for people who are killed hunting "trophy" animals!
Poetic justice.
*more important - I meant
Comme c'est bien fait! Ce n'est que justice.
I don't think anyone is saying he Elephant's life is important. Under the circumstance the Elephant was being hunted, glad it went this way!
Comme c'est bien fait! Ce nn'est que justice!
He looks like Susan Boyle
How does hunting dangerously endangered animals relate to conservation funds?
"Musth have been an act of god"
More hunting should be a two-way street, when the hunted is also able to be the hunter.
Go elephant!
Deserving.
Kharma's a bitch.
dobrze mu!
GOOD
Justice - he got what he deserved!!
Justice.
Good for him.
I think every attacked and hunted elephant schould be in 'musht'. Apparantly this is the only way to survive.
We have enough problems with poachers and they are still hunting these beautiful animals?! Horrifying!!!
Elephants are highly intelligent creatures, let's hope he teaches the other elehpants what to do against humans with guns.
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
Karma's a b*tch, A-hole ! Good riddance and well done, young elephant !
instant karma!
Sorry for his family but he got what was justly his. What he wanted for the Elephant turned on him.
..hunts..net..conservation funds..at the cost of an elephant’s life. "Saving animals by killing them." Uh, no. Good job, mad elephant!
A good Elephant.well done!!
I hope that elephant squashes them all like grapes under his toes!!!
Me too ! I hope he got to lie there for a few minutes while he was dying--to realize what was actually happening.
Karma...I realize it was his job...and he has a family...but a poor taste in jobs.
Yes,a job,but according to Buddhist Karma,this is NOT "Right Livelihood"
I CALL IT JUSTICE
good Elephant.Well done.!!
I think that he shouldn't have been hunting elephants anyway. Serves him right.
In plain English he got what he deserved. God just thinned the heard!
Sorry. I'm meant God just thinned the herd!
He got what he deserved. No sympathy for any asshole who kills wild animals for either sport or monetary gain!!
Rest in the hell...
MASTERFUL! I hope all those other fucks get the same treatment.
Good on you Jumbo. Whaaah, hey! Cheers!
Viste cuando lees una noticia y te da alegría ... pues eso se siente "QUE EL HUMANO SE DEJE DE MATAR PARA CONSEGUIR DINERO Y SE PONGA A TRABAJAR DE UNA VEZ EN COSAS QUE REDITUÈ A LA SOCIEDAD" esta basura de gente necesita ser quitada de la sociedad con urgencia!!!
carma
let the elephant's alone! that man found out the hard way! what does it take for this to happen? these animal's never forget and are more then capable of caring for their selves! we mourn for dead so do they! why would we put them through that? Is a hunt really worth all that? I can not believe that it is! Ivory is not worth it! worry about the people and teach them how to do for themselves in ways that do not harm the animals but live with them and all win! How about that
I am thrilled. I couldn't be more happy. Justice finally happened.
I am thrilled. Finally one of these assholes got what they deserved! I couldn't be more happy. Justice is great.
Trophy hunting should be banned and The Great White Hunter mentality should die and take its place in history attributable to the evil perpetrated against the animals of this earth. I would like to see all hunters trampled and grow in the corrupt politicos and pseudo conservationists for good measure. These animals should have their nation untouched by greedy humans!
I am happy with this I think that he got what he deserved. A person like this who spent his life doing evil things against animals...dont deserve any mercy at all!!
This is a heart-warming ending to a nasty story. Conservationist? Really? If he's killing elephants, he was a hunter. If hunting is a sport, the animal should have a 50-50 chance of killing the hunter.
Karma's a bitch. If you hunt for eat, it's just nature and maybe is more ethical than buy industrial meat but if you hunt for sport you deserve to be killed, just as you killed the other animals .
Karma's a bitch... If you hunt to eat, it's nature. If you hunt for "sport" you deserve to die, just you kill other animals.. Personal Opinion
Killing for Conservation is akin to masturbating for virginity. They said this same crap about Vietnam. We had to destroy the village to save it. Do people actually believe this crap? The mere fact that they have to raise funds by killing something they are supposed to be saving is a huge part of the problem. And I'd like to know who this American client was. Fucker!
I have NO sympathy for the hunters.
Go get em elephants, I am totally on your side !!!!!
good for him
Karma
A "conservationist" woudn"t, on top of everything else, be measuring the ivory for sale on the black market.
Great to see - kudos Elephant rampage
good news!!!! may he rot in hell the bastard!!!! karma does find justice!
God bless his sole
I'd like to introduce this wonderful elephant to ted nugent..
Yes indeed an elephant's life is far more important than a rich ivory hunter; elephant is on the brink of exctinction not coward hunters
An elephant killed his hunter ? Cool ! Next coward rich ivory hunter !
well done ! This elephant is a hero !
Once in a blue moon, the animals win. Bravo!
Serves him right
Well, he died doing what he loved...........killing
Well, he died doing what he loved.........killing.
I approve of that elephant. Elephant 1- Murdering jackass 0
This guy got PRECISELY what he had coming to him. LOVE this story. And Ian - may you ROT IN HELL.
d
gotta love this story. GOOD BYE animal killer. You got EXACTLY what you deserved. ROT IN HELL.
ha.ha.ha. serves him right who knows how many animals he's killed unnecessarily!?
Many trophy hunters are disguised as conservationists. It's like supporting the Fire Department by starting fires.
Two comments, first - If someone is chassing me, you bet i will do anything to stop them, yes, even kill them, and second, why there's even
People being upset about it? Those who play with fire..
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE SCUM OF THE WORLD
All these talks about saving the planet & then there is a hunting community which openly hunt animals! Burn in hell filthy bastard "gibson"!
Hope this will change the "conservation" notion of these hunts.
I hope he suffered
Awwww... well karma...
I agree with Sky
Well done that Elephant, it deserves a barrow full of bananas.
Is it bad that i rooted for the elephant?
ma na glavu ga nagazi!
Sweet justice.
Next 1 plz, come on guys
Next 1 plz, come on guys
Cheers !!!
Leave the elephants alone. Go pick up litter in your street that ends up in the ocean if you want to be a conservationist
Just leave them all alone
And what of the American Big Game Hunter?
Speedy recovery to the elephant :)
The BASTARD GOT WHAT HE DESERVED!!!!! Hopefully the rest of these so called hunters soon follow!!
The BASTARD got what he deserved!!!! Hopefully the rest of these hunters will follow!!
I mean, who does that???
Anyone who seeks to hunt protected animals for trophy spoils and the animal kills them dies of natural causes in my opinion.
You live by the sword and you will die by the sword. Looks like a rare win for the Elephants :D
And what about the 'clients'? Those who want the ivory souvenirs, fur coats etc. They create some of the demand and pay the big bucks.
And what about the 'clients'? Those people who want fur coats, ivory souvenirs etc. They create some of the demand and pay the big bucks.
Shouldn't the title say "Elephant kills hunter in self defense".
Shame on the American hunting client who is the one ultimately responsible for this incident!
hope the elephant took his teeth and made a necklace...
Good for the elephant. These so-called conservationist hunters take animal lives and make a fortune. One less for elephants to worry about.
KARMA !!
Nice to see the lefts compassion, as usual....
Ahhh , nice to see the liberal , human compassion!
Good!!!
Yes, justice served. The end does not justify the means. If man stopped trying to control nature, nature will fix herself. Man MUST STOP NOW
A life is a life. The elephant did what was necessary to save his own. Wouldn't we all do the same?
Read the site-- the way they try to justify what they do is both comical and sickening. How sad that they think this is okay!!
Any human life lost is sad, and I know what he was doing was wrong but I also feel bad because I wonder what led him to do such wrong things
These type of stories bring a side of me I don't like because I'm not sorry.
I am happy to read that almost everybody is anti hunting. Me too!!
I feel so bad for all those elephants who are being killed by humans. But for the dead hunter, I don't feel compassion.
Justice or not, I'm glad the elephant survived. Hunting these beautiful creatures is against everything worth living for.
justice - though offcouse there will be more idiots to come - thinking they are god
great! I hope he died the same way as the animals he killed... cruel and slowly...! Go to hell, a...hole! :) :) :) :) :)
I agree with Sky, is an elephants life more important then the humans thats hunting it?
Most people think so.
Would anyone be offended if I did a slow clap for the elephant? I have no sympathy for people who are killed hunting "trophy" animals!
Poetic justice.
*more important - I meant
Comme c'est bien fait! Ce n'est que justice.
I don't think anyone is saying he Elephant's life is important. Under the circumstance the Elephant was being hunted, glad it went this way!
Comme c'est bien fait! Ce nn'est que justice!
He looks like Susan Boyle
How does hunting dangerously endangered animals relate to conservation funds?
"Musth have been an act of god"
More hunting should be a two-way street, when the hunted is also able to be the hunter.
Go elephant!
Deserving.
Kharma's a bitch.
dobrze mu!
GOOD
Justice - he got what he deserved!!
Justice.
Good for him.
I think every attacked and hunted elephant schould be in 'musht'. Apparantly this is the only way to survive.
We have enough problems with poachers and they are still hunting these beautiful animals?! Horrifying!!!
Elephants are highly intelligent creatures, let's hope he teaches the other elehpants what to do against humans with guns.