Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured

An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I will never not feel sadness towards the loss of life, if not just for the people around them that mourn.

    But I can’t say much value was lost. Every child death in gaza had more potential to create value then whoever this was.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If we’re gonna pretend hunting is sport, you’ve gotta be prepared for the other team to show up and play.

    • hayvan@piefed.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      He was hunting antelopes, not elephants at least. But I’m still glad the elephants showed up.

      • SippyCup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        The was hunting yellow backed duiker which, A, are evidently insanely easy to hunt. So easy that you can evidently shine a light at it at night, walk right up to it, and club it to death.

        They’re a vital food source for a bit part of central Africa.

        And 2, they’re so heavily hunted that they’re at serious risk of endangerment.

        I said something in another post about there being a chance this was a genuine conversation effort, but after doing some reading; no. This guy is just an asshole. He got justifiably trampled by elephants doing something for fun that the people of central Africa do every day to feed themselves.