Posted on 04/24/2026 4:54:55 AM PDT by DFG
A millionaire US big-game hunter was ambushed and killed by five elephants whilst hunting small forest antelope in central Africa.
Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio, 75 - who owns a vast collection of exotic animal heads in trophy rooms at home - was trampled to death.
He was being guided by a professional hunter in the thick forest of Gabon on a £30,000 stalk for a shot at the elusive yellow-backed duiker.
Over the decades he has hunted elephants, leopard, rhino, buffalo and lion across Africa and back home in the US he has hunted almost every species of wild deer.
But the highly respected hunter's luck ran out last Friday while in the Lope-Okanda rainforest when his hunt stumbled into five female elephants with a calf.
African elephants are the largest living mammals and females can stand 12ft tall at the shoulder, weigh nearly four tons and run at speeds of up to 25mph
The startled elephant herd immediately charged Mr Dosio and his professional hunter.
The elephants were so well hidden in the dense undergrowth they appeared 'as if from nowhere' and the professional with the high-powered rifle was just flung aside.
He was seriously injured and lost his gun in the thick bush as the elephants attacked the terrified hunter with just a shotgun who was then brutally trampled underfoot.
A retired game hunter in Cape Town who knows the victim said: 'Ernie has been hunting since he could hold a rifle and has many trophies from Africa and the US.
'Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all Ernie's hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation in culling animal numbers.
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"Mr Dosio has hunted almost every species of wild deer and owns a vast collection of exotic animal heads in trophy rooms at home"
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I guess he was pressed for time.
My sympathy meter is stuck on Zero.
I hate when that happens.
Whoopsie daisies.
“trampled to death by five elephants”
Good
He died “doing what he loved” doing bump.
Ditto
Statistically he was more likely to die from a mosquito bite.
Animal karma.
Mister Magoo didnt see that coming.
He got Rachel Corried.
Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted. Excellent collection though!
Hurrr Durr he deserved it..
Gotta love the leftist brainwashing here.
He died doing what he loved. Hunting reaches something deep in the human soul. When you are hunting, everything is clearer, sharper, you are more alive.
Humans were formed as hunters. He died while still able to hunt. Not such a bad way to go. Probably beats dying while under chemotherapy for cancer.
“...was ambushed and killed...”
This writer doesn’t know what ambushed means, apparently.
I can’t believe people can’t find some thing better to do with their time than kill animals, then have them stuffed so they can look at them dead. Some how that makes them feel batter?
“Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all Ernie’s hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation in culling animal numbers.”
IOW he was rich and could write really big checks so he always got what he wanted.
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!
Tuskers never forget.
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