Celebrated hunter crushed to death by baby elephant as he tried to measure its ivory for U.S. client

[geardaddy]

A celebrated Texas-born hunter was crushed to death by a baby elephant in Zimbabwe as he tried to measure its ivory tusks for an American client.

Ian Gibson, 55, was a lauded figure among U.S. safari enthusiasts, who would commission him to slaughter prized animals near his home in South Africa.

On Wednesday, he was tentatively approaching the young bull elephant in Zimbabwe's Zambezi Valley when the animal charged, and knelt on Gibson until he died.

His American client, who was also present, has not been identified. The Dallas Safari Club is paying for Gibson's funeral.
Despite only having one leg, Gibson was described by fans as 'fit and strong'.

According to a statement from Safari Classics, posted on AfricaHunting.com, the group had stopped for a rest when the animal approached their group.

Gibson and his tracker approached to assess its ivory.

'At very close range, Ian was able to get off one shot before the bull killed him. The scene was very graphic,' the statement read.
Twitter users were widely pitiless, with hundreds of animal rights supporters commenting that he 'got what he deserved'.

I'll go along with that. He did get what he deserved.

The rest at link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3046075/Celebrated-hunter-crushed-death-baby-elephant-tried-measure-ivory-U-S-client.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Innocent tourists we feel for-- not this guy...

I don't know if he deserved to die, but them's the breaks.

[MoonRiver]

6. Yeah, he deserved to die.

May he rot in hell.

[Jack Rabbit]

49. I won't go so far as to say he "deserved" it

On the other hand, I won't deny the karmic irony in his death.

[Arugula Latte]

126. Oh I would. He deserved it plus many painful more deaths.

[awoke_in_2003]

51. To quote William Munny (The Unforgiven)

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it"

[AtheistCrusader]

74. "well, he shoulda armed himself."

[awoke_in_2003]

84. Best scene in the movie. nt

[RiverNoord]

143. Not sure anyone really 'deserves' to die, exactly,

since it's going to happen to us all. However, I think it's quite a reasonable proposition that elephants definitely don't deserve to be killed for their tusks, and if the hunter was in that business, there was a wonderful kind of justice in the world at that moment...

[Maraya1969]

149. Isn't it illegal to kill elephants for their ivory and isn't it illegal to bring

ivory into this country?

They need to find out who this guy was trying to get the ivory for and arrest him.

[Lucky Luciano]

150. Tourists pay a fee of $50k (or thereabouts) to murder elephants. nt

[Maraya1969]

155. It is illegal to bring it into the country unless it was gotten before 1976

Recently, we shared the best news for elephants in a long time: the release of the President’s new National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking, which spells out how the government will crack down on poachers and other criminals who have driven hundreds of species to the brink of collapse.

The Strategy’s headline is a set of new rules designed to help elephants – combined, the government is calling these new rules a “ban” on imports, exports, and sales of ivory here in the United States.

We’re hedging a little on the word “ban” because there’s still some leeway for a few types of ivory, but the overall effect—if written into law—will be about as close as possible to an across-the-board prohibition. Keep in mind that it will take some hard work to make sure these rules stay as strong as the President has proposed between now and when they become final, but here’s what you need to know:

http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/what-does-new-us-ivory-ban-mean-buyers-sellers-and-elephants

EXCEPT FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE LOOPHOLE

The White House made one unfortunate concession to elephant killers, though: American hunters are allowed to bring up to four “trophy” tusks per person, per year into the US. This is a big improvement on the status quo, which had no limits on the number of trophies allowed for import (in some cases, hunters brought back up to a hundred tusks on one trip) but it still means that Safari Club members and others are licensed to kill elephants for fun.

[malaise]

2. There is justice of elephants

big and small.
Lil bull elephant measured this scumbag well.

[marble falls]

3. Ironic, maybe, but definately justice. Screw the Dallas Safari Club.

[MrMickeysMom]

156. I'm with you, marble...

Up theirs…

[calimary]

163. + A BILLION!!!

FUCK 'em.

Justice. VERY Poetic Justice.

[frogmarch]

4. I symbolically

sit on and crush his unnamed American client.

[shenmue]

101. Right behind you

[newfie11]

5. Pay backs are a b*t**h

And well deserved in this instance!

[jberryhill]

7. Under the Uniform Commercial Code...

...I believe the client is permitted to accept Gibson's teeth as a substitute for unavailability of the contracted goods.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. !! nt

[geardaddy]

16. Excellent!

[valerief]

46. Bwahahaha!

[Fairgo]

106. Excellent

[hibbing]

119. Muy Excellente! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

125. Can we mount his head and hang it on the fence of an elephant sanctuary?

[stevenleser]

8. African elephants are beautiful but terrifying

When you see them in the wild, it takes only a few seconds to realize that these are not the elephants you see in zoos and circuses. Those are Asian elephants.

African elephants are aggressive and do not fear humans at all. They don't fear lions at all either, quite the opposite. Lions actually get an interesting pained look on their faces when elephants approach, and then they exit the area quickly.

[Hestia]

24. There is a special on NG Wild about elephants in Africa having PTSD from decades of wars

The babies would see their mothers and grandmothers being killed, raised with no ancient memory to help through the pitfalls of life and orphans banded together to herd up. Now, when bulls see humans, it enrages them from remembering seeing their families killed. Elephants remember for life and it is very hard work to get them calmed down when they see humans. It may just be the only way to keep them from getting killed, allowing the bulls to charge humans. Stay away from them for awhile and let them live.

If we are going to use drones, why can't we use them against poachers and just take them out. The Reserves are way too large for rangers to patrol - use drones and do whatever it takes against the poachers.

[stevenleser]

36. Hmmm. Interesting. I didn't know the part about the wars.

I can tell you that several times elephants charged the safari van I was in and those are some of the few times I was afraid during the trip.

Interesting idea about the drones. I think the areas are so vast in Africa that even drones might not be able to handle it.

[valerief]

48. Drones? Then how would rich people get their ivory? Rich people getting whatever

they want whenever they want is the most important thing in the world, after all.

[Iggo]

52. "Rich people getting whatever they want whenever they want is the most important thing in the world"

I think you nailed it.

[valerief]

58. Yep, it's what drives EVERYTHING. nt

[shrike]

113. Apparently it's due from mass culling

Performed over a multi-decade period. I don't know that it's so much memory as the inability to function as part of a group, once the group is destroyed.

The results make perfect sense, actually. A social animal has to learn how to be social, and once its social group is destroyed the chance to learn and interact is gone.

Here are two links, one a scholarly one:

http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/62

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/elephants-suffer-from-ptsd-like-condition/

[cui bono]

130. That's so sad...

[Scootaloo]

94. Why would the fear us? we evolved together

This is true for most African animals - and is a key factor as for why African Pleistocene megafauna is still around while it disappeared from pretty much everywhere else humans went.

Well. Around for the time being

[Carolina]

111. "... beautiful but terrifying...."

So man should leave them alone, leave them at peace in their territory! Why go into the wild and expect them to behave as circus or zoo animals

Geez, humans should live and let live. Hunting safaris should be banned, so I have no sympathy for the deceased and his fellow hunters. Let these beautiful creatures BE.

[stevenleser]

128. The point of my trip was to see and learn about the animals. And the guides really help you do it

I didn't expect them to behave as zoo or circus animals. Part of what came out of the learning process for me is that the two different types of elephants have very different behavior.

[Lucky Luciano]

152. In Etosha National Park I was driving down a dirt road when i

...came upon a huge bull elephant crossing the road. He was not happy about my presence. I just stopped and so did he. He stared me down. I gently tried to move my stick shift truck (definitely not used to manual transmission!)...he lifted his trunk and smashed it on the ground. I stood still - didn't want to make a sudden move as I lacked the stick shift confidence to hussle outta there without stalling...he kept staring me down. After a few minutes, he decided to move on. It was scary and exhilarating at the same time!

[justamama83]

9. Karma- always catches up n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

63. It's more than that

It's the marriage of irony and karma.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

120. Oh, how I wish that was true.

I love the thought of it, though.

[City Lights]

10. .

[olddots]

11. can I post this in good news ?

my opinion and I will die for it .

[narnian60]

137. +100

[Jamastiene]

171. I love this.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees what jerks like that do as horrible and sees this as good news.

[Rex]

12. Did the elephant smile and pose next to the dead body for a picture?

Poor young elephant, he must have felt that death was close by.

[Iggo]

54. Not if he wants to sell me sandwiches, he didn't.

[Jamastiene]

170. Good point.

That's something only assholes do.

[Tom_Foolery]

13. Instant karma...

[Coventina]

14. I am also pitiless. Hooray for the elephant!

He saved his own life and the lives of other elephants this guy would have gone on to kill.

Sickening that an American client was behind the attempted slaughter.
I wish the elephant had killed him as well.

[geardaddy]

17. Maybe they can make an umbrella stand

out of Gibson's foot.

[MisterP]

100. they always like to moo about the "circle of life" (so long as they're on top every time)

just like they're "part of nature" until that means dying more than 0% of the time

[Change has come]

153. I laughed

[Starry Messenger]

18. Can you set up a GoFundMe for an elephant?

#askingforafriend

[Takket]

19. Good riddance! I hope all of his ilk get the same

[Marrah_G]

20. I'm glad the elephant is alive.

[TransitJohn]

21. You molest animals long enough, shit like this happens.

Ask Steve Irwin.

[Politicalboi]

78. How can you compare Steve Irwin to these terrorist

Steve Irwin would NEVER kill an animal for sport. This asshole got what he deserved IMO. I only hope this would happen to more poachers, or they get struck down with a deadly agonizing disease.

[TransitJohn]

91. They're the same in that they molest animals for a living.

Or did.

[uppityperson]

103. While Steve got people interested in animals, he was an example of it you pester any animal long

enough, it will eventually lose its patience or become scared enough to strike at you.

[LanternWaste]

105. Confusing research and molestation is an easy mistake to make should one lack the appropriate knowle

Confusing research and molestation is an easy mistake to make should one lack the appropriate knowledge of the meaning of the words and pretends bias is a better source for meaning.

[TransitJohn]

173. Show me any published research Steve Irwin did.

He molested animals and made reality TV out of it.

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. Is the baby elephant okay?

[SunSeeker]

27. That's what I was wondering, since it says the hunter got off one shot. nt

[geardaddy]

43. Yeah, it's unclear from the article.

I hope the little guy is ok.

[Dont call me Shirley]

50. I searched the internets, couldn't find anything either

[Chellee]

132. I couldn't find anything either.

That's what is worrying me as well. I just hope he isn't wounded and dying slowly.

[Dont call me Shirley]

136. The article is dated April 19, 2015. So it has been a couple months since this happened.

Surely there must be some news on the baby's health.

[Phentex]

107. Terrible...

but that was my first thought too.

[Gamecock Lefty]

23. Animals Rock!

I always feel a certain satisfaction when hunters meet their demise while hunting!

[packman]

25. I hope the American client

had his head - Gibson's - mounted .

I think the elephant showed poor sportsmanship, after all, Gibson - the article states - only had one leg while the elephant had four. Isn't there a movie coming out soon where the world's animals turn the tables on humans and begin to hunt them. I know my cat gives me a certain look which is hard to interpret as love.

[corkhead]

26. I suggest this for funeral music:

[Coventina]

60. OK, you win the thread!!!!

[muntrv]

28. Gibson messed with Mother Nature.

[SunSeeker]

29. How is it even legal to hunt elephants?

[navarth]

42. THIS!!!!!!!

[Snobblevitch]

86. In some places,

the elephant herds grow too large for the areas in which they live. Some countries sell licenses to shoot specific animals in order to raise money for conservation. I don't know what was going on in this particular case, but it doesn't seem like this 'baby' (baby male elephants do not go into musth) was not targeted for shooting. They were however trying to get a closer look, close enough to annoy the elephant.

[erpowers]

30. My Problem

My problem with this story is that people paid him to kill animals for them. I do not have a real problem with people hunting and killing wild animals. However, I think they should be willing to do the killing for themselves.

[sabrina 1]

39. And he was greedy enough to accept it. There is no reason on earth to kill a baby

elephant other than greed and ego. And I was under the impression that it was illegal since all these animals are endangered due to the greed of those who kill them for profit.

I am not going to celebrate the death of another human being, but can't help thinking that is one less killer of innocent animals, making them a teeny bit safer.

I hope the elephant survived, it had every right to defend itself.

[raouldukelives]

53. +1 nt

[erpowers]

68. Need More Information

I guess everyone needs more information. In the article Ian Gibson's tracker said he would not have shot at the animal if it had not charged him. If he did not plan on killing the animal what was he doing measuring the animal's tusk? Had the client asked him to kill that animal, or were they looking for another animal and just stopped to rest and then spotted the young elephant?

Is it illegal to kill African elephants? Is it illegal to kill baby elephants? Are Africans allowed to let a few foreigners go to Africa and kill some elephants even though it is illegal?

[sabrina 1]

88. I can't answer all those questions. I thought it was illegal to hunt elephants for their tusks,

however you ask a good question, is there a quota for millionaires? I don't know.

[valerief]

176. The very wealthy can fuck over the planet and its people as much as they want.

What's a few elephant tusks to them when they WANT them?

[Coventina]

62. I do have a problem with hunting for any other purpose beyond food.

In addition to that: the species must not be endangered or threatened, and the killing must be done as quickly and humanely as possible.

Anything else is needless cruelty and vanity on the part of the hunter.

[Skittles]

141. it's the way cowards behave

in this situation, ALL of them were COWARDS

[leftyladyfrommo]

31. Good for the elephant.

I have no sympathy for big game hunters or trophy hunters that get killed by the animals they are hunting.

[ruffburr]

67. Thank you little elephant

hope your alright

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. No tears for this guy.

Why does the American poach-for-pay scumbag need anonymity? Oh, because he doesn't want to be outed as a scumbag murderer hiring hit men?


Yay, little elephant!

[Cleita]

33. That old saying, "Live by the sword, die by the sword" comes to mind. eom

[B2G]

34. Karma's a bitch. nt

[Gothmog]

35. He was not a nice person and Karma can be a pain at times

[Baitball Blogger]

37. I will not celebrate his death, but I certainly won't mourn him either.

[frylock]

38. fuck yeah!

[samsingh]

40. Great news!

[jwirr]

41. Finally justice. The buyer in the US should be tried also.

[OnyxCollie]

44. Oh, well.

[JackInGreen]

45. So...

Horton hears a squish?

[geardaddy]

47. Yes.

[joeybee12]

55. It would have been better had he seen the light and changed the error of his ways...

But he didn't, and his death does not upset me.

[99Forever]

56. Love me some Karma.

[Iggo]

57. I celebrate his death.

If hunting's a sport, I get to pick which team I'm rooting for.

I'm going for the Elephants.

GO ELEPHANTS!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

59. I usually feel a little sad when I read someone has died.

Oddly, this time I don't.

Then that bad Elephant's Child spanked all his dear families for a long time, till they were very warm and greatly astonished. He pulled out his tall Ostrich aunt's tail-feathers; and he caught his tall uncle, the Giraffe, by the hind-leg, and dragged him through a thorn-bush; and he shouted at his broad aunt, the Hippopotamus, and blew bubbles into her ear when she was sleeping in the water after meals; but he never let any one touch Kolokolo Bird.

At last things grew so exciting that his dear families went off one by one in a hurry to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to borrow new noses from the Crocodile. When they came back nobody spanked anybody any more; and ever since that day, O Best Beloved, all the Elephants you will ever see, besides all those that you won't, have trunks precisely like the trunk of the 'satiable Elephant's Child.

Kipling, The Elephant's Child http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/elephant.htm

[stonecutter357]

61. good

[kairos12]

64. Tusk, tusk. What a pity. Not.

[geardaddy]

70. I see what you did there.

[Raster]

65. Too bad the elephant did not take out the "American client" as well.

{insert emoji of elephant grave dancing on hunter's grave}

[niyad]

80. the client was resting after hours of "searching for a target"

[niyad]

66. got exactly what he deserved.

funny, just the other day, I was telling a friend that I always cheer for the elephants when they rampage (remember a few years ago when there seemed to be a cluster of such incidents)

good for that beautiful baby being.

[CharlotteVale]

69. One less asshole in the world.

[hifiguy]

71. It's awfully hard to cheat karma.

Especially when you have as much bad karma as this shitheel had.

[AtheistCrusader]

72. I'm a hunter.

I fully endorse and am amused by this mans demise.

But, I don't kill for trophies, so maybe that's the difference. I only kill things to eat.

[Iggo]

83. That's definitely the difference.

[Rex]

97. I do not like how the word can stand for different types of hunts.

Hunting for food, to me that is a hunter. Killing for glory, to me that is an asshole with a powerful rifle.

[AtheistCrusader]

99. I agree.

I would never even consider taking an animal if I didn't intend to use it.

A lot of big game trophy hunters donate the meat to local tribes, but to me, that's just cheap political cover for what is an obviously immoral motive.

[Blue_In_AK]

73. Karma

[jalan48]

75. Bummer, man.

[truebrit71]

76. Elephants 1 - Small-dicked Assholes 0

I thought ivory was illegal in the US?

No matter, fuck that guy. He got what he deserved.

Asshole.

[niyad]

77. the picture in the linked article of those butchers holding ivory tusks and grinning is sickening.

this hunting of elephants for their ivory reminds me of the killing of buffalo in this country for trophies. sickening.

[yellowcanine]

79. Who walks up to a wild elephant to measure its tusks????????????????????

It is not even Monday morning quarterbacking to make a judgment call on that.

[Skittles]

161. IDIOTS

stupid fucking hunters (COWARDS)

[Hoppy]

81. --and you atheists try to tell me there ain't no Jesus?

[AtheistCrusader]

82. nope. And the elephant was probably confused because the hunter didn't know how to surrender.

(Footfall joke/reference)

[tblue37]

89. That novel's premise and story are good, but the writing style made me

cringe. I read it when it first came out. Although I noticed the clunky writing, I ignored it because I enjoyed the story so much. But when I reread the book a couple of years ago, it was a log to get past the weak writing. I have loved SF since I was in 10th grade (1965!), but all too often I have had to close my inner ears and ignore the writing.

I do love the idea that humans failed to recognize the aliens as dangerous because the looked like adorable baby elephants, though with extra "trunks."

I think, too, that Niven and Pournelle handle concept of a "dinosaur killer" asteroid-caused tsunami more effectively than did the two asteroid impact movies from a few years ago.

I also loved the idea of SF authors as the people who are consulted for ideas about how to deal with aggressive aliens bent on conquering and subjugating humans.

[Paladin]

85. Suits me.

And FYI: the Dallas Safari Club is just as big a bunch of moneyed fuckwits as its name implies. Just trust me on that.

[Coventina]

92. I picture a bunch of white men with walrus mustaches all wearing pith helmets and khaki

jodhpurs, smoking pipes and beginning all their statements with "I say!" and ending them with "what?"

"I say! I feel like a spot of polo. Jolly good fun making those ponies run around in the hot sun, what?"

"Quite!"

[Paladin]

93. You got the "bunch of white men" part right.

The on-the-veldt hunting gear you describe, and the English accessories? Way too stylish for Dallas.

[Coventina]

98. So they don't even try to pretend to be Gentlemen, eh?

Evil is so much more fun to mock when there's some material to work with....

[Paladin]

102. I don't believe they need their knuckles to propel themseves,.....

...and I have no doubt there are some gentlemen in their well-heeled membership---it's just not that big a priority, from what I know of the group.

[Chellee]

134. Give them all big stetsons and boots made of ostrich.

Throw in a really fake drawl like W.

[Orrex]

87. Now that poor elephant has too much junk in the trunk.

[marym625]

90. I'm not going to celebrate his death.

I am sure he had to know it was possible he could die doing this. He decided money was worth more than the lives of innocent animals. I don't feel bad about it.

[moondust]

95. If the baby elephant had a gun

then it was clearly a fair fight and the best animal won.

[AtomicKitten]

96. Will they be mounting his head for display?

Go elephants.

[Angry Dragon]

109. One can hope

[magical thyme]

104. good riddance to bad rubbish

I hope the baby elephant is ok.

[Codeine]

108. A toast to my new favorite elephant!!

Sorry, Babar -- you were the hero of my childhood, but this young elephant has supplanted you.

[Carolina]

110. Good for the elephant

The whole notion of these safari hunting parties is gross and sick.

May the four-legged animals continue to prevail because homo sapiens is hell bent on destruction and seems to revel in dollars linked to death!

[yardwork]

112. Self defense. The baby elephant stood his ground.

[Aristus]

114. Bye-bye, asshole.

Poetic justice if there ever was any...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

115. I guess he ain't celebrated

no more ........

[C Moon]

116. Shot with His Own Gun.

[bravenak]

117. Good Elephant!

[Telcontar]

118. The karma wheel turns slowly, but crushes all in its path

[Solly Mack]

121. "...the animal charged, and knelt on Gibson until he died."

Bet the elephant was smiling the whole time.

[notadmblnd]

122. You spin the wheel, you take your chances- I guess

[liberalla]

123. I just hope the elephant is OK.

The link says he got off a shot at about 10 yards from a 458 rifle and hit the elephant once. (according to the trackers)

I hope the elephant survives and lives a long life.

[L0oniX]

142. ^^^this^^^

[hue]

175. Ditto!

[Arugula Latte]

124. Good riddance to that evil piece of crap. Wished I believed in Hell, to imagine him there.

[sakabatou]

127. Darwin Award nominee?

[zentrum]

129. Did the one shot

..he got off hit the elephant?

Will the elephant be allowed to continue roaming for now? At least until the next sociopathic ego with a gun comes along?

[Cheap_Trick]

131. Boo fucking hoo nt

[Useless in FL]

133. YESSSSSS! (nt)

[smokey nj]

135. Dude was askin' for it.

[countryjake]

138. I doubt that poor young bull survived his brief triumph...

but animals the world over still celebrate...

http://www.saveelephant.org/

[MrScorpio]

139. Kinda sucks for a hunter when the tables turn and he becomes the prey, doesn't it? nt

[Skittles]

140. aw it just makes me boo hoo

[byronius]

144. Too rare of an occurence.

Ivory is shame without an elephant to carry it.

[secondwind]

145. no sympathy at all for this fella..

[blackspade]

146. I feel bad for his family.....

Not so much for him.
Elephants have long memories....

[WinkyDink]

147. Confucius say: He who measures elephant for ivory may find himself measured for casket.

[Ghost in the Machine]

148. I won't celebrate his death, as some others are doing but, as a hunter, I can't stand Trophy Hunters

or people who kill just to kill. I only hunt to eat, and don't shoot anything I'm not going to eat, unless it's coyotes or wild dogs on my property. They keep the deer and turkeys away from here.

When I say that I hunt, I mean I *really* hunt. I find out where the deer are by scouting, then go into THEIR TURF and try to get them. I hunt from the ground, stalking/still hunting, and have never used a tree stand. I use full camo and scent blocker, and my eyes and ears. I've had deer walk so close to me that I could have slapped them on the ass before.

I *do* have 2 very nice Bucks mounted, and I was lucky when I got them. I paid over $300 each to have them mounted, and did so to honor them. I don't let people mess with them, and went postal on my daughter's boyfriend one night when he put a hat and bandana on one of them. To me, that is like desecrating them! I told him not to EVER touch my deer head again. I don't hunt for horns.... you can boil them suckers for a week and still can't eat them!

I can't stand people who go on those "caged hunts" either. What kind of skill, or sport, does it take to shoot a drugged animal?? Fuck that noise! When I go, even if I don't get a deer, I have enjoyed some good quality time out in the woods just watching nature happen. Watching the squirrels and chipmunks play, watching the different birds in the woods, listening to the wind in the trees, or the sound of a stream if one is nearby...

Peace,

Ghost

[mackerel]

151. He died doing what he loved most...

[NCjack]

154. The targeted elephant charged and Ian shot once before being crushed to death.

Sure hope the elephant is OK.

[Flaxbee]

157. that was my thought, too. Hope the elephant was OK.

I shall not comment on my exceedingly low opinion of those who hunt for sport or glee or fun or sheer stupidity and cruelty.

[Turbineguy]

158. Irony

It ain't like bronzy or goldy or even ivory.

[MFM008]

159. continuing the twitter line on this.

A. He shouldnt have been doing it.

B. He shouldnt have been doing it.

C. His Karma cashed in hard.

D. Oh Well.

E. Elephants___ 1..........hunters ___20 thousand a year.

[shireen]

160. Is the elephant OK?

The article says that Gibson got one shot off but nothing about whether the elephant was wounded. I hope the poor animal is OK and is left alone.

[ThingsGottaChange]

162. Well, ain't that too fucking bad.......nt

[TwilightGardener]

164. One less sick asshole. Always a good thing.

[tblue]

165. Oh that poor elephant!

He was probably freaked out -- maybe he and had some kind of idea what was about to go down.

I'm glad he walked away tusks and all.

[pansypoo53219]

166. what about the asshole who wanted the ivory? he needs a little taste of karma too.

[PowerToThePeople]

167. Elephant stood his ground. Good for him. n/t

[Recursion]

168. The story is more complex than the headline, but still. Tears shed: zero (nt)

[Jamastiene]

169. :)

I can't help but smile when trophy hunter assholes get a little payback.

[Loryn]

172. Let me be the first to say

Neener neener

[hue]

174. I hope the baby elephant is OK!

[Esse Quam Videri]

177. Karma, M-F'er