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Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Carvalho dies after giraffe head-butts him
Fox News ^
| 5-5-2018
| Kathleen Joyce
Posted on 05/05/2018 1:01:24 PM PDT by servo1969
Carlos Carvalho, 47, was at the Glen Africa Country Lodge in South Africa shooting a series about a British family in a game lodge when he attempted to get a close-up shot of Gerald, the giraffe, Deadline reported.
While Carvalho was trying to get his shot, Gerald head-butted the filmmaker and sent him 16 feet in the air. Carvalho suffered massive head injuries as a result. The filmmaker was airlifted to Johannesburg’s Milpark Hospital where he died.
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Richard Booker, whose family owns the lodge, told The Telegraph that Gerald would not be put down.
"Gerald will remain at the lodge. He did nothing wrong,” Booker said.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: africa; carvalho; gerald; giraffe
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Dang giraffes.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:01:24 PM PDT
by
servo1969
To: servo1969
To: servo1969
Why do people act so stupidly around wild animals? It never ends well does it?
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:03:44 PM PDT
by
The Deplorable Miss Lemon
(If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
To: servo1969
They b cute, but they iz killahz!
To: servo1969
?Did the giraffe head-butt him, or did he try to head-butt the giraffe?
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:04:10 PM PDT
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: servo1969
[ While Carvalho was trying to get his shot, Gerald head-butted the filmmaker and sent him 16 feet in the air. ]
My goodness.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:04:34 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: servo1969
“Gerald head-butted the filmmaker and sent him 16 feet in the air.”
A new record.
L
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:06:31 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: SaveFerris
Bet he didn’t see that coming.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:06:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: servo1969
At least it wasn’t a pit bull
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: servo1969
I’ll lose every time in a rubber-neckin’ contest with a giraffe.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:08:49 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
To: servo1969; raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON
[”Gerald will remain at the lodge. He did nothing wrong,” Booker said.]
I agree. Wild animals take close proximity as a sign of danger to themselves. It was built-in by God.
Genesis 9:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Nonetheless, a Seinfeld, though not a primate:
Man: He’s an innocent primate.
Kramer: So am I!!
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:09:46 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Innovative
?Did the giraffe head-butt him, or did he try to head-butt the giraffe? Does it matter?
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:09:49 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: servo1969
Took the closing of Toy-R-Us really hard?
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:10:20 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
To: Lurker
“Gerald head-butted the filmmaker and sent him 16 feet in the air.”
A new record”
Judges awarded Gerald 10’s across-the-board.
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Condolences to his family.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:11:13 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: servo1969
Imagine a giraffe in an SUV? With bumper stock.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
blackdog
To: servo1969
Outlaw giraffes!!! Now!!!
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:12:39 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: servo1969
I guess Gerald didn’t want his pitcher took.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:13:10 PM PDT
by
americas.best.days...
( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:13:53 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: servo1969
I don’t think the animal should be put down either, but yes Gerald did something wrong either by intent or accident.
At the very least the animal should be housed where he could not come close enough to humans to harm another one.
The animal displayed an aggressive behavior against a human. It cost the human his life.
It should be pointed out that humans have to use caution too. I would not knowingly come close enough to a large animal for it to kill me.
These shots of people treating wild animals like household pets are tragic. Even if they get away with it a few times, it encourages others to try it who won’t.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:15:14 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
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To: dfwgator
Is that his toungue sticking out his right nostril? Seriously I don't know what's going on there.
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posted on
05/05/2018 1:15:46 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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