Professional hunter trampled to death by elephant he was hoping to slay

[KamaAina]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/571085/Professional-hunter-trampled-to-death-elephant

Ian Gibson had been on the tracks of an elephant bull while guiding a hunt in Chewore North, Zimbabwe, along with a client, when he spotted the animal close by.

He then established that the elephant was in musth, a period of behavioural change in the animal usually characterised by aggression, but continued to track it until they were around 50 to 100 metres away.

The elephant then "instantly turned and began a full charge" towards the pair before Mr Gibson was brutally stamped to death....

"At very close range, Ian was able to get off one shot before the bull killed him. The scene was very graphic."

Am I a horrible person for rooting for the elephant?

[liberal N proud]

1. Good for the elephant

[Auggie]

2. Good. I hope Gibson felt lots of pain before he died too.

[hlthe2b]

3. something very karmic about this though I would not celebrate death of either

I sincerely hope they leave the elephant alone to live out its life.

[MrScorpio]

4. Yay Elephant!

[RebelOne]

10. My thought exactly. n/t

[MrScorpio]

13. I just found a gif from the actual event...

[LynneSin]

5. Can we nominate this guy for a Darwin award

Or perhaps it's the Elephant that should be nominated since clearly the Elephant is evolving too.

[KamaAina]

6. Quite possibly

Stalking a bull elephant in musth clearly qualifies as stupidity.

[Coventina]

7. If you are horrible then so am I!!

Hooray for the elephant!!!!

[Tom Ripley]

8. Hell yes!

I like a story with a happy ending.

[Iggo]

11. GO ELEPHANTS!!!!

Hey, if you get to call it a sport, I get to pick which team I'm rooting for.

[KamaAina]

12. ...

[Worried senior]

14. Good for the elephant

about time they got a little revenge.

The idiot had no reason to kill him except for greed.

[kairos12]

15. Tusk, tusk.

[DeSwiss]

21. You win the Internets for today!!!!

[Yavin4]

16. Well, if hunting is a sport, then...

game. set. match to the elephant.

[Telcontar]

17. Sometimes you get the elephant

Sometimes the elephant gets you

[mike dub]

18. Sounds about right

Eom

[Shrek]

19. Did the elephant eat him?

Killing hunters for sport is just wrong.

[KamaAina]

24. DUzy!!

[roody]

20. No.

[DeSwiss]

22. Tippi and Ah-Pa approve this message.

- And so do I.

K&R

[trueblue2007]

23. Aw gee, what a bummer. BEING SARCASTIC.

[struggle4progress]

25. I Saw A Jolly Hunter (by Charles Causley)

http://allpoetry.com/I-Saw-A-Jolly-Hunter

[NCarolinawoman]

26. I kind of knew this would be in Zimbabwe.

They need to quit this crap, or should I say continuing horror for their wildlife.

[valerief]

27. I think we're all rooting for the elephant. nt

[ncjustice80]

28. A fitting death.

[narnian60]

29. +100

[Trillo]

34. Agree.

This was a "real hunt", unlike the bow-hunting veterinarian pet-cat slayer.

[Laffy Kat]

35. + 1 more.

[hibbing]

30. trophy

Will the elephant make a trophy of the guy's head?

Peace

[KamaAina]

33. Maybe he'll pull out the teeth

the elephant equivalent of ivory.

[benld74]

31. Dont MESS with the elephants mighty hunter!!!!

Thoughts of the bull elephant getting

high trunks

from the rest of the herd upon coming home

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. ain't sad.

Sorry. The world needs elephants more than it needs jerk-offs who kill to feel big 'n rich.

[Dont call me Shirley]

36. If Mr Gibson was a republican, the elephant would have sensed a phony one stalking it.

[catbyte]

37. "Stand Your Ground", elephant style. If some asshole was tracking me & trying to kill me for 10

hours, I'd want to kill him too. There are plenty of hunters in the world. Elephants in the wild, not so much. What really pissed me off was the hunters called hunting the elephant "hunting the ivory." Despicable. Boo fucking hoo.

[GOLGO 13]

38. I root for the bulls at the running of the bulls or during bull fights.

Play with dangerous animals? Well, karma can be a funny sometimes.

[MissDeeds]

39. Elephant one, asshat zero

I hate people who kill animals for 'sport'.

[OriginalGeek]

40. I am 100% against the death penalty

I am not against the stupid asshole penalty.