Millionaire game hunter trampled to death by five elephants while hunting antelope
The guide was seriously injured and Dosio’s body is being repatriated to California after the attack, officials said.
- Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old experienced hunter from Northern California, was trampled to death by elephants while hunting antelope in Gabon's Lope region on April 17.
- Dosio was tracking a species of antelope when a herd of elephants suddenly charged through dense brush and killed him.
- Dosio owned Pacific Agrilands, a 12,000-acre vineyard in Modesto, and had made multiple trips to Africa as an avid hunter.
- Longtime friend Dax McCarty described Dosio as 'one of the most generous, helpful guys I've been around.
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According to an acquaintance who spoke to the New York Times, Ernie Dosio had a room full of stuffed animals and was aware of the risks.
Big-game hunter from California is killed by elephant in central Africa
A big-game hunter from California was killed on April 17 by an elephant after his hunting party stumbled on a small herd of the animals in the dense forests of Gabon in central Africa, according to the Sacramento Safari Club and a former hunting partner. The post Big-game hunter from California is killed by elephant in central Africa appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Central Valley Wine Mogul, Trophy Hunter Killed In Elephant Stampede In Africa
Prominent Central Valley millionaire and big-game hunter Ernie Dosio was on a safari in Central Africa’s Gabon when his group was charged by a herd of elephants, which fatally trampled Dozio.Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old Lodi-area vineyard owner, industry leader, and big-game hunter, was killed last Friday while hunting yellow-backed duiker antelope in Gabon’s Lope-Okanda rainforest, as the Guardian reports. Dosio’s group startled a herd of five fe…
What began as a hunting expedition in the Gabonese jungle ended tragically for Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old American hunter who died after the attack of an elephant pack. Dosio had traveled to the African country to participate in a beating of yellow-backed duíqueros, a small usual antelope in the area. The incident occurred last Friday in the Lopé-Okanda National Park, when he and his guide unexpectedly encountered five elephants accompanied by a…
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