Game Hunter Trampled To Death By Elephant

[jln]

Game Hunter Ian Gibson Trampled To Death By Elephant

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/17/hunter-ian-gibson-trampled-death-elephant-tracking-kill_n_7085374.html

A professional game hunter has been trampled to death by an elephant while leading a hunt with an American client in Zimbabwe.



Ian Gibson, 55, was tracking animals in Chewore North in the lower Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, when the young bull elephant “began a full charge.”



Paul Smith, the managing director of Chifuti Safaris which employed Gibson, told The Telegraph: "We don't yet know the full details of how 'Gibbo' as we called him, died, as the American client and the trackers are still too traumatised to give us full details."



In a note on the website of Safari Classics, the company explained Gibson had been searching for a target for five hours when they stopped for a rest.



"It is with deep sadness to announce the passing of Chifuti Safaris professional hunter Ian Gibson," the note said.

"Ian was tragically killed by an elephant bull earlier today while guiding an elephant hunt in Chewore North."



It adds: “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.”


Gibson’s tracker indicated the elephant was in “musth” – a condition where the animal’s urge to mate goes into overdrive and it becomes overly aggressive, but Gibson continued.



The note continues: “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.”



It is not known if the animal was killed in the incident.



Gibson is paid tribute to as “a fine man and one of the most experienced professional hunters on the African continent.”



The same company lost a staff member in 2012 when Owain Lewis was killed by a buffalo, NewZimbabwe reports.

[laurenpetro]

Oh.

[ttt]

Well then.

[sweetpea508]

Oh what a tragedy said no one.

[jln]

This is one article that I'd recommend glancing at the comments. I guess when it comes to murdering animals, Huff Po readers found a unity horse.

[underwaterrhymes]

That, friends, is what we call karma.

[laurenpetro]

Apr 18, 2015 20:24:13 GMT -5 sweetpea508 said:

Oh what a tragedy said no one.

Except for the hunters who will say it's crazy that he was targeted for death out of no where for no good reason.

Or was that the elephants?

[bimbi284]

That's what you get, I suppose.

[sparrowsong]

Has anyone been following the stuff with Ricky Gervais and the female trophy hunter this week?

[jln]

Apr 18, 2015 20:34:18 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

Has anyone been following the stuff with Ricky Gervais and the female trophy hunter this week?

Yep.  She's disgusting.  And her response is that she absolutely doesn't regret killing it. 

[eclaires]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Frankly, I wish there were more stories like this.

[bugandbibs]

Turn about is fair play.

[sparrowsong]

Apr 18, 2015 20:35:30 GMT -5 jln said:

Apr 18, 2015 20:34:18 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

Has anyone been following the stuff with Ricky Gervais and the female trophy hunter this week?

Yep.  She's disgusting.  And her response is that she absolutely doesn't regret killing it. 

And the straw man that he was somehow criticizing her in a chauvinistic way, which was so not even close to the point and just pissed me off more. I've been team Gervais all week long. 

[ChillyMcFreeze]

What a shame.

[iammalcolmx]

Bye dude

[glinda]

Can't even be that sad about this...dude obviously knew there were risks and decided to hunt down elephants anyhow.

[elleblue]

Well, can't say I'm sorry. People who hunt big game for sport disgust me.

[lime]

<)

[RandZB]

I hope the elephant is okay.

[Jermys]

Is it wrong that I snortlaugh when I hear stuff like this?

[IIOY]

HAHA

[mrsukyankee]

I hate hunting for sport. Karma is a bitch, eh?

[cinnamoncox0]

I hope the elephant wasn't struck by the one shot he got off.

[Deleted]

I have trouble understanding how anyone can issue a statement about how he was a good, honorable man and this is an unexplainable tragedy when it says in the same statement that they were hunting for sport and ivory. Nope. Good, honorable men do not slaughter animals for no reason or participate in disgusting things like ivory commodification.

[Velvetshady]

Apr 18, 2015 20:25:21 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

That, friends, is what we call karma.

I'd say the real karma would be if it was the "client" the elephant went after because the "clients" are the ones creating a career for the "professional hunter", but all in all, I'm good with this too.

[chedifuen]

Flameful, but the only thing sad about this is the client was unharmed. Hopefully, this was enough to deter him from trying this hunt again with another guide.

[NewOrleans]

Alas

[secretlyevil]

Karma

[josieposy]

You hunt big game, you risk that they fight back.

Mother Nature, dude.

[blink]

Not even sorry.