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snooper2

(30,151 posts)
Mon May 22, 2017, 09:27 AM May 2017

Big game hunter killed when shot elephant collapses on top of him

This is sad, another elephant was killed....


http://nypost.com/2017/05/22/big-game-hunter-killed-when-shot-elephant-collapses-on-top-of-him/

He was beaten by his own game.

A professional hunter was killed when an elephant that had just been shot fell on top of him, according to reports.

South African big-game bagger Theunis Botha, 51, was leading a hunt in Zimbabwe on Friday when his group accidentally walked into the path of a herd of breeding elephants near Hwange National Park and three of the elephant cows charged at them, the Telegraph reports.

Botha fired at the rampaging pack but was caught by surprise when a fourth cow came in from the side and picked him up with her trunk.

One of the other hunters shot the animal, and it collapsed on top of Botha, killing him.

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Big game hunter killed when shot elephant collapses on top of him (Original Post) snooper2 May 2017 OP
Do the elephants get to stuff an mount him someplace? jberryhill May 2017 #1
I won't say all that I am really thinking, but.... hlthe2b May 2017 #2
I'm glad karma got this asshole in the end. sunonmars May 2017 #3
Yay for elephant revenge! luvMIdog May 2017 #4
John Lennon! NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #5
Like Ailes He Did Not Die Soon Enough. TheMastersNemesis May 2017 #6
Heavy weight Karma get the red out May 2017 #7
Glad this monster is dead. Sad that it came at such a price. Coventina May 2017 #8
I can't imagine the grief felt by that elephant's family. At least she took a scumbag down with her. LonePirate May 2017 #9
Now if he had collapsed on the elephant, he'd be a perfect metaphor for Trumpy and the GOP. FSogol May 2017 #10
Bummer Stallion May 2017 #11
Poetic Jusitice gopiscrap May 2017 #12

hlthe2b

(102,072 posts)
2. I won't say all that I am really thinking, but....
Mon May 22, 2017, 09:41 AM
May 2017

I hope the elephant didn't suffer and that there is somehow a better "heavenly" realm for the elephant to transcend.

Coventina

(27,026 posts)
8. Glad this monster is dead. Sad that it came at such a price.
Mon May 22, 2017, 10:13 AM
May 2017

Fuck trophy hunters.

Trophy hunters are scum.

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