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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...nter--10469997
A professional big game hunter is dead after he was crushed by a wounded elephant as it was fatally shot. Theunis Botha, 51, was on a hunt in Gwai, Zimbabwe, when his gro[/URL]up was charged by four breeding elephants. A female elephant picked up Botha in her trunk after he fired at the others and collapsed on top of him - crushing him to death - after she was shot by another hunter. Heartbroken friends described the married father-of-five as a "legend", while opponents of big game hunting offered little sympathy following his passing. Theunis Botha was killed by an elephant when he was on a hunt in Zimbabwe (Photo: Facebook) Botha often took wealthy foreigners on hunts for leopards and other animals (Photo: Theunis Botha/Youtube) Botha and two other men pose with the giant tusks of an elephant Botha, from the South African town of Tzaneen, and the rest of the group were out for a walk on Friday afternoon when they came across the herd. A source told Netwerk24 that Botha shot at three elephant cows as they stormed the hunters. A fourth cow stormed from the side, lifted Botha with her trunk and was fatally shot by another hunter. The elephant then collapsed onto Botha. Elephants and lions were among the animals hunted during Botha's safaris Botha came from a family of cattle ranchers and big game hunters Botha and another man pose with a crocodile that was killed during a hunt The South African specialised in big game safaris and often took wealthy foreigners on hunts for lions, leopards and other animals after founding his own company in the 1980s. Friends paid tribute to him on Facebook, where one wrote: "RIP Theunis Botha. Our heartfelt condolences to Carike and family. He was a great man! So sad!" Botha's company was called Theunis Botha Big Game Safaris and Hounds One of Botha's friends (not pictured) was recently killed by a crocodile during a hunt Another friend added: "A legend has fallen but will never be forgotten... It's with a sad heart that we say goodbye to you Oom Theunis Botha. Our deepest condolences to the family. May God be with you all in this difficult time." Critics of big game hunting responded with little sympathy. One person wrote: "You should be crying for the innocent elephant that was senselessly murdered not this idiot hunter who deserved what he got." Heartbroken friends described Botha as a "legend" of big game hunting (Photo: Facebook) The married father-of-five ran his own safari company out of South Africa (Photo: Theunis Botha/Youtube) Botha's friend, Scott van Zyl, 44, was killed by crocodiles during a hunt in Zimbabwe last month, Netwerk24 reported. Botha's company, called Theunis Botha Big Game Safaris and Hounds, as he was known to hunt with dogs, is a family operation run with his wife Carike. In 1878 his ancestors moved into a wild and rugged region of South Africa, becoming cattle ranchers and hunters, the firm's website states. It adds: "In the year of ’66 Theunis became the latest addition to his family, and was privileged to be raised in the ways of the bush and its people." He served in the South African infantry during the Angolan War and left the Army after reaching the rank of sergeant. After returning home he started offering hunting safaris in 1989 to pay for his studies, and completed a degree in psychology and anthropology in 1991. His first client, Bill Reynolds, from the US state of Montana, hunted a leopard on the family's game ranch bordering Kruger National Park after his hounds picked up the animal's scent, the website states. It added that Botha pioneered traditional European-style Monteria hunts, where game are driven with dogs, in South Africa. |
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Some of you need to ask your wives if you can borrow a maxipad, you're bleeding everywhere.
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05-22-2017, 01:49 PM | #139 |
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It's completly different. When I shoot a deer or catch a fish, my intension is to eat it. Trophy hunters do it for "sport". They should make up for the lack of penis size by buying a sports car or boat. Glad the ****er's dead
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05-22-2017, 01:52 PM | #140 |
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Don't worry , his son lives on and has vowed revenge on Elephants for killing his Dad. there will be a whole herd dead now.
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JFC just keep your mouth shut. 1. Who cares where I ****ing live, how's that relevant? 2. Nothing was said about a gas oven you ****ing moron. It was a propane grill. I stated that I tasted the gas before after grilling on my food. Which is likely if the fuel air mixture is being set wrong, or it being plugged by dirt, bugs blocking the air intakes. Maybe that's what happened? 3. I placed hot pans on wood that smoldered over a 4 hour time period. You say it like the grill caught on fire, stop exaggerating Mr. Firefighter of the year. 4. That was an obvious joke to lighten up the mood you dipshit. You're really that ****ing stupid to figure that out?
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2) dont make me dig the thread up, you said you could 'taste gas' which is stupid. Propane is even more odorless and tasteless than LP. Dont triple down on your stupidity. 3) yes, you are a ****ign moron, heat plus wood = fire..dont need to be a firefighter to understand that 4) yes, everything you say is a joke, yet I am super serious and not joking at all to respond to your joke. ****ing moron. LOL . Youre the ONLY one here ****ign around and joking right?
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05-22-2017, 02:14 PM | #146 |
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actually thats probably the smartest comment up in this bitch
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He was guiding a legal hunt dipshit a hunting party. From what I can tell is THE ANIMAL ATTACKED THAT PARTY AND HE DID HIS JOB TO TRY TO PROTECT THEM AND LOST HIS LIFE. You can't hunt Africa alone you must have a Licensed professional hunter with you. That dead animal will feed a nearby village for months. Snowflakes dont understand nature is a ****ing bastard we are the top of the chain because we made tools to give us the upper hand. Farmers settling into wild animal habitat has made it so the food source cant sustain the herd so you have legal hunting.
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