Big-Game Hunter From California Is Killed by Elephant in Gabon
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old big-game hunter from California, was killed by an elephant on April 17 in the dense forests of Gabon while tracking yellow-backed duikers with two professional hunters.
- The hunting party encountered a small herd of female elephants with calves, which charged to scare them away, resulting in one partner being seriously injured and Dosio being fatally gored.
- The attack occurred despite the hunters backing off from the elephants, who charged multiple times, with Dosio’s remains currently in Gabon awaiting repatriation to the United States.
- Dosio was a member of the Sacramento Safari Club and lived in Lodi, California, about 45 minutes south of Sacramento.
