US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants

Did the elephants take his head as a trophy?

Finally, some good news.

Damn. Are the elephants okay? 

Is he going to be stuffed and mounted.

I really just can't understand how anyone could want to kill an elephant.

>Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting yellow-backed duiker, an antelope species, in the central African country of Gabon when the incident occurred last Friday. While in the Lope-Okanda rainforest, he and his guide unexpectedly came across five female elephants accompanied by a calf. >Dosio had built an extensive collection of hunting trophies over the years, including animals such as elephants and lions. So he wasn't hunting elephants this time, but he apparently had been in the past. Between this guy and that Spanish bullfighter who took a horn up the butt, it has not been a good week for people who pick fights with animals bigger than themselves. >Every year, clients of the trophy-hunting industry claim the lives of tens of thousands of wild animals across the world. Legal hunting tours in Africa are popular with some wealthy Americans, including Donald Trump Jr, who was pictured holding a severed elephant’s tail more than a decade ago. Oh yeah, with all the other stuff going on I'd forgotten about that.

I'm so torn right now. Between the Nelson Muntz "Ha! Ha!" and the Jeremy Clarkson "Oh no ... Anyway" memes, that is.

sounds like a great day for the elephants, nice

Here we are talking about eating the rich, and the elephants go and do something about it...

It's hard to feel sympathy...

Weird how this keeps getting framed as a “tragic accident” instead of “very predictable consequence.” If this bugs you, maybe toss a few bucks to an actual wildlife conservation group instead of trophy tours.

Poor elephant, nothing worse than standing on shit

Hope the elephants didn’t hurt themselves

Tragic. Just tragic. Those elephants will probably need therapy now. Oh well. Anyway, go see Hail Mary. Good movie!

From the article: >... extensive collection of hunting trophies over the years, including animals such as elephants and lions. Maybe the elephants recognized him? All joking aside, there is a bit of poetic justice here. Hard to feel bad for this guy.

“Serial killer crushed by victims”

These are good news. Actually we lost nothing.

The best news I've herd all day.

Oh my! Are those elephants going to be okay?

they say an elephant never forgets

Karma gets there in the end.

I’m sure he did something that was super helpful to society to get all that $$ /s

Another successful hunt.

I hope the elephants managed to scrape the shit off their feet after

Guys should I have Cheerios or cocoa pebbles for breakfast?

I'm trying to imagine his last seconds on earth, with a bunch of slightly squishy tree stumps pounding on his arms, legs and guts. The stuff of poetry.

Elephants, the instrument of karma.

Good. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

I still remember the video of that Indiaan guy hitting an elephant repeatedly with a stick, onky that that fay the elephant said enough is enough. That guy turned into a folded sheet very quickly...

Elephants for the win.

Thats the wild delivering its own kind of justice

I don't think he was hunting what he said he was hunting

Thank f*** 🫩 only wish it would’ve happened sooner

“….like someone ‘drop-kicked a cherry pie’.”

This is getting to be routine, and it's a routine we should see more of.

F*** around with massive wild beasts, don't be surprised when they do what nature intended them to do.

Nature gives and nature takes 👍

Bet he was crushed things didn't work out.

Should have stayed in the vineyard old man

Oh thats awful. It will take forever to get that blood off their feet.

Vineyard owner squashed like a grape.

Anyways, here's Wonderwall

What goes around comes around...

Somebody repost this to r/upliftingnews

We need to send these elephants pictures of the Trump brothers. Maybe they can take care of a couple more issues.

I feel bad for those nice elephants.

I've seen this story on several subs over the last day or so, and it's still funny as f***.

Best news I’ve heard all week.

Also known as 'a good start'.

Unrelated but anyone in the mood for pizza?

Big game hunter >>>>> Animal murderer

The Stockton rush award nominee

If you go onto their vineyard site, their research section claims that they use donations for tailgating parties. You can take the trash out of the trailer...

Nature or fracture? Oh both. 

There is still some justice in the world…

It’s only a sport if both sides have a fair chance of winning. His winning streak came to an end. I can’t say I’m sad about that.

I love a story with a happy ending

>Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner Elephants heard he made wine and wanted to try it themselves.

Damn…..hope the elephant’s ok

Just watched *Ghost Elephants*. Big game hunting in today's times should be abolished. Take a camera, celebrate the fact that you, a mere human from a concrete jungle, were in the midst of majestic and noble animals, in their habitat, and revered by local tribes that make these animals part of their mythology. Don't kill them for sport, FFS. There is no point in that.

Congrats. Happy for you. Nice.

No sympathy. See ya b****

There is one less a****** in the world

This dude has (had) exactly the face you would expect - look it up

I hope it was really painful.

This is most welcome news to wake up to on a Saturday morning.

A win for the animals.

I don't feel bad for him

That's a big step for the elephants. I wish them more future triumps when it comes to stepping on garbage.

Man I had the best pizza today. But then when I came home and warmed it up as leftovers it was awful. Total bummer. Anyway how’s everybody doing today?

Good riddance, f*** these people who kill animals just for fun

You don’t have to use the preface the big game hunter with ‘millionaire’ it’s not as if target workers are taking their vacations hunting elephants

Shouldn't this be in uplifting news?

The elephants probably remember what he did last time.

Something, something, the hunter became the hunted. Maybe the elephants will cut off his horn and keep it as a trophy.

Good time to remind everyone that elephants are on that list of "animals" that are just people but we can't really talk to them properly. Elephant groups literally what is recognized as distinct languages and cultures between each one, they are fully self-aware, and *extremely* intelligent. Seriously, it should just be treated like we would a homicide when someone intentionally kills an elephant. They really aren't "just animals", they are just on the unfortunate end of the raw deal that is not evolving before we did into a form capable of sustaining a technological civilization like a lot of equally intelligent species (Dolphins come to mind) on this planet.

Was he a republican? Asking for irony.

Does "millionaire" add anything to the story?

It doesn’t matter if you were the nicest person in life, if you go on safari and get killed by wildlife people will generally say you had it coming It’s just such avoidable a****** behavior even before it became an explicitly rich guy thing

Are the elephants okay?

This is glorious news to wake up to

Love these feel good stories

I've always found it fascinating how people empathized so much with some animals but at the same time lacked complete empathy to other animals when it comes to food. If you really cared you know what you need to do.

If you choose to hunt animals, you are making yourself a part of their ecosystem and should expect this as a possibility every time. I hope the elephants didn’t hurt their feet.

The Elephant of Surprise.