So Good to Hear These Cases of Karma, This Elephant/Ivory Hunter's Fate is Well-Deserved

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This time, the elephant kills the ivory interested elephant hunter....refreshing turn around. http://www.boredpanda.com/elephant-kills-professional-game-hunter-ian-gibson/


Last week, professional Zimbabwean big-game hunter Ian Gibson was trampled by a young bull elephant after spending 5 hours tracking it for an American hunting client.

The 55-year-old hunter, who worked with Chifuti Safaris, approached the elephant to measure its ivory when his client had stopped to rest. When he and his tracker, Robert, came within 50-100m of the elephant, it began to charge, as it was in an aggressive state called “musth.”

Gibson fired off one shot before being killed, and the elephant survived.
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I guess instant karma got him. Good for the elephant!
 

Interesting the person with the gun on the left didn't engage. Trophy ivory hunters are small in number compared to the poachers. If you really cared you would support the groups that want to stamp out international ivory trade which includes most large hunting groups like Safari international. No doubt about it, that the guide would much rather go out this way than setting at a computer keyboard telling others how to live.
 
The aggressive nature of the elephant will be reviewed by a committee, and probably be culled from the herd. But still at least, he got his in , is that what you are saying?
 
It is karma but guys like this are needed for conservation and frequently lobby and participate in conservation efforts more than most. He knew the risks.
 
WhatInThe said:
It is karma but guys like this are needed for conservation and frequently lobby and participate in conservation efforts more than most. He knew the risks.
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Exactly. And no doubt about it would rather go out this way than cholesterol from setting at a desk.
 
Just out of curiosity how many people here, have been close to an elephant, heard a lion's roar from 10 miles away or even closer, or smelled giraffe or grizzly skat. Or a Moose run through your camp sight , or had Leopard hunt you at night. Or run from crocs. (You can count sharks if your from Australia). I thought not.
 
rt3 said:
Just out of curiosity how many people here, have been close to an elephant, heard a lion's roar from 10 miles away or even closer, or smelled giraffe or grizzly skat. Or a Moose run through your camp sight , or had Leopard hunt you at night. Or run from crocs. (You can count sharks if your from Australia). I thought not.
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I rode an elephant at a zoo a long time ago. Now I no longer go to zoos, circuses or any other place where animals are abused or cared for improperly. We've been tent camping in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alaska, etc., so we have been in bear country and have been near both grizzleys and black bears. We had a black bear right by our tent (which was never in campgrounds, always in remote areas), and he made his way into our truck going after our dry dog food. I can't count the amount of times there have been moose in or near our campsites. Did I pick up grizzley shit and smell it, no, but I can recognize various droppings from different animals when I hike through the back woods. You thought wrong.
 
rt3 said:
Just out of curiosity how many people here, have been close to an elephant, heard a lion's roar from 10 miles away or even closer, or smelled giraffe or grizzly skat. Or a Moose run through your camp sight , or had Leopard hunt you at night. Or run from crocs. (You can count sharks if your from Australia). I thought not.
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And your point is??????
 
SeaBreeze said:
I rode an elephant at a zoo a long time ago. Now I no longer go to zoos, circuses or any other place where animals are abused or cared for improperly. We've been tent camping in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alaska, etc., so we have been in bear country and have been near both grizzleys and black bears. We had a black bear right by our tent (which was never in campgrounds, always in remote areas), and he made his way into our truck going after our dry dog food. I can't count the amount of times there have been moose in or near our campsites. Did I pick up grizzley shit and smell it, no, but I can recognize various droppings from different animals when I hike through the back woods. You thought wrong.
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Anybody else?
no point just curious , back to your doughnuts
 
Hey, I like doughnuts, are you prejudice against doughnuts? Besides Jim has declared the free/polite thing is BS. So we don't have to go by that anymore.
 
rt3 said:
Just out of curiosity how many people here, have been close to an elephant, heard a lion's roar from 10 miles away or even closer, or smelled giraffe or grizzly skat. Or a Moose run through your camp sight , or had Leopard hunt you at night. Or run from crocs. (You can count sharks if your from Australia). I thought not.
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I have many times in Uganda. Been within about 20 feet from elephants, had a lion walk past our tent one night, been in the middle of a group of chimps, done dawn game walks and been too close to cape buffalo. Had our car chased by a cape buffalo and nearly hit by a hippo.

So what's your point? I do adventure and I don't have a recliner and rarely eat donuts. So?
 
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