Millionaire big game hunter trampled to death by stampede of elephants while hunting in Africa

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California vineyard tycoon Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed by elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon's Lope-Okanda rainforest, reports say.

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A millionaire big game hunter was ambushed and killed by five angry elephants while hunting a small forest antelope in Central Africa.Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio, 75, who owns a vast collection of exotic animal heads in trophy rooms back home, was horrifically trampled to death.He was being guided by a professional hunter in thick forest in the Lope area of Gabon on a £30,000 stalk for a shot at the elusive yellow-backed duiker.Over the decades, he has hunted elephants, leopard, rhino, buffalo and lion across Africa and back home in the US, he has hunted almost every species of wild deer.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say But the highly respected hunter's luck ran out last Friday while in dense rain forest in Gabon when his hunt stumbled into a herd of five big elephant cows with a calf.African elephants are the world's largest living land animal, with females standing 12 feet tall at the shoulder, weighing nearly 4 tons and running at speeds up to 25mph.The startled...

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