Elephants trample millionaire during big-game hunt

newsApr 24, 202627617

A millionaire trophy hunter was trampled to death by a herd of elephants during a big-game hunt. He had hunted elephants in the past. The killing highlights the physical dangers of trophy elephant hunting and underscores ethical and safety concerns about the practice.

RoseMarie

@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

A millionaire big game hunter has been trampled to death by a herd of elephants. Vineyard tycoon Ernie Dosio, 75, was out shooting yellow-backed duiker, a species of antelope, (cont.) Karma!! www.thedailybeast.com/elephants-tr...

11345d ago

Donna Stern11

He was fucking around where he didn’t belong.

RoseMarie10

in Gabon when he and his guide surprised five female elephants with a calf in the Lope-Okanda rainforest last Friday. Dosio, from Lodi, California, had previously amassed a huge haul of trophies, from elephants to lions, and was a well-known figure at the Sacramento Safari Club.

Jenny In Exile9

See how smart elephants are?

teemactoo7.bsky.social8

YES YES YES!!!!! Absolutely ZERO compassion for ANYONE killed while hunting beautiful, majestic beings of this earth. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Jeff Madden4

I’m sure it’s how he would have wanted to go.

Erik Maronde4

Shooting animals "for fun" has a price. Elephants 1: Hunter 0 🤷

Flabbergasted🫣😳😱🤬😵‍💫💀👻4

Elephants have good memories. Maybe this was revenge. In any case…no big loss.

Feralfern3

The only thing that would make this story better would be if the elephants mounted his head on a tree limb.

Mark2

Couldn’t have happened to a bigger asshole! Leave the wildlife alone! Tough guy, huh?

Mimi2

big game hunt gone wrong? Not for the antelope.

That information is classified2

Sounds like it went right.

Dr. Sarah Parcak

@indyfromspace.bsky.social

I hope the elephants were not harmed in any way. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

15045d ago

Tom K6

I will NEVER understand the mindset of What a magnificent creature—I must kill it

Ember Babiak (they/them)5

I hope they wiped their feet.

alifeinretail.bsky.social5

Shouldn't we be talking about how the elephants attacked armed with a shotgun?

a fool's errand4

I wish the image for this article were not that of a murdered animal, all blessings peace and protection to the lion pictured

Movies Silently

@moviessilently.bsky.social

The weirdest thing about classic Hollywood and mid-century entertainment was the idea that a big game hunter was a dandy profession for a hero.

8045d ago

Ukrainian bandersnatch

@buzogryz.bsky.social

Now I need a revenge movie about an Elephant hunting down big game hunters.

6445d ago

@DarthChipper44

A great film for the hunted becoming the hunter is "Orca" www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Oq...

Ryan Marino, MD

@ryanmarino.bsky.social

Good. More elephants and fewer big game hunters makes the world a better place

3745d ago

Jacks. Yup! That Damn SOB. 🪶🦬 🐺 🦅 🌎 ⚖️

@palehorse.bsky.social

Shit happens. 🤷🏽‍♂️ The vineyard owner has hunted elephants, leopard, rhino, buffalo & lion across Africa & in the US he has hunted almost every species of wild deer. But his luck ran out last Friday when his hunt stumbled into a herd of five big elephant cows with a calf. metro.co.uk/2026/04/24/m...

2045d ago

SJSCentralTX5

The elephants are always right. Hunt with a camera. Leave guns at home. Respect habitat of wild animals. They were here first. It’s their land, not ours.

Kimbee🍸6662

Trophy Hunters... By Gary Larson 🛸 🤬 🛸 #Karma 💙

Angry Donkey News

@angrydonkeynews.bsky.social

Karma at its finest Millionaire US big game hunter is trampled to death by elephants www.dailymail.com/news/article...

1745d ago

Tom Reagan’s Hat

@rufustsuperfly.bsky.social

Reckon billionaire Musk would love big game hunting. I’d love him to do it.

2445d ago

Caroleeena

@caroleeena.bsky.social

I have zero sympathy for people who kill animals for sport. Or for oligarchs. www.joemygod.com/2026/04/olig...

2045d ago

Insignificant Human

@insignificanthuman.bsky.social

I don't think that millionaire big-game hunter who hangs dead animal heads on his walls as decoration was human. Humans have *humanity*, and killing animals for sport to use their body parts as decoration is devoid of any humanity.

1445d ago