Hunter Crushed to Death by Elephant

in Animal News

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. The news comes a month after a study was released warning that ivory hunting is continuing to diminish the elephant population in Africa.

Link: Daily Mail

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