A professional game hunter was trampled by the very elephant he was attempting to kill.
Ian Gibson was leading a hunt in Zimbabwe when his tracker, Robert, indicated the elephant was in “musth” – meaning his urge to mate went into overdrive and he became overly aggressive. Gibson continued to track the elephant anyway.
His employers, Safari Classics, wrote in an online note that Gibson had been tracking the elephant for five hours with a "client" when they stopped to rest. It goes on to say: "Feeling he was quite close to the elephant, Ian and his tracker Robert continued to follow the tracks in hopes of getting a look at the ivory as the client stayed with the game scout. They eventually caught up with the bull, spotting him at about 50-100 metres. The bull instantly turned and began a full charge. Ian and Robert began shouting in order to stop the charge. At very close range, Ian was able to get off one shot before the bull killed him. The scene was very graphic.”
Many people believe that hunting game for food, when legal, is totally acceptable — but that hunting wild animals is completely deplorable. Last year, the internet met Kendall Jones, a 19-year-old who hunts endangered wild animals, then posts pictures of the dead animals onto her Facebook page. Needless to say, our readers were disgusted.
Gibson is paid tribute to as “a fine man and one of the most experienced professional hunters on the African continent.” This isn't the first time Safari Classics lost a staff member while hunting. In 2012, Owain Lewis was killed by a buffalo.
It's currently unknown if the elephant was injured or killed. Many people attribute the fatal accident to karma — with comments like, "Good news for all those animals. This man would have carried on murdering."
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Professional hunter Ian Gibson was recently leading a hunt in Zimbabwe when he spotted a bull elephant, and tracked the animal for five hours. The elephant ended up charging at him, and killing him. Many people attribute the fatal accident with karma, saying "Good news for all those animals this man would have carried on murdering."
Poaching occurs when an animal possesses something that is considered valuable, like an elephant's ivory tusks. Elephants are now considered endangered. Typically the largest adults with the biggest tusks are poached -- like the one Gibson was hunting tha
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