A HIGHLY REGARDED SOUTH
AFRICAN HOUNDS MAN HAS BEEN CRUSHED BY AN ELEPHANT
WHO WAS SHOT DURING THE HOUNDS MEN
HUNTING TRIP.
HE HAS PIONEERED THESE HUNTS.
THEY BASICALLY USE
THESE LARGE PACKS OF DOGS TO DRIVE GEARED TOWARDS ELEPHANTS,
THEN THEY HUNT THEM.
HE IS BASICALLY KNOWN TO GO TO AMERICA
AND FIND WEALTHY PEOPLE TO THEN BRING OVER TO ZIMBABWE TO SHOOT
THESE BIG-GAME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WITH
THIS PARTICULAR HUNT, BUT THEY WERE NOT TRYING TO SHOOT THE
ELEPHANT.
THEN THE ELEPHANTS WERE TRYING TO BREED, I THINK
THERE WAS A PREGNANT ONE IN THE MIX.
ELEPHANTS ARE KNOWN TO BE
VERY PROTECTIVE AND TO STAMPEDE OBVIOUSLY.
AND THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT HE PASSED AWAY, BUT THIS IS
JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THESE ANIMALS IN THE WILD THAT ARE
GOING TO HAVE THESE ANIMAL INSTINCTS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CAUTION AROUND THEM.
>> I WOULD ALMOST RATHER PREFER THIS KIND OF HUNTING.
I ALWAYS
THINK OF HUNTING LIKE BIRDS AND HOW CRAPPY THAT SEEMS TO ME.
OR
HUNTING BOAR WHERE YOU HAVE TO STAND 1000 YARDS AWAY.
>> OR YOU ARE IN A CAR.
>> OR SHOOTING IT FROM A HELICOPTER LIKE SARAH PALIN
HUNTING WOLVES.
THIS SEEMS ACTUALLY LIKE MORE FAIR GAME THAN OTHERWISE.
>> I AM GOING TO BE HARSHER.
I AM NOT A HUNTER.
I KNOW HUNTERS,
GOD BLESS, I GET IT.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF DEER IN AMERICA.
IT IS
PART OF NATURE.
THE HUNTERS I KNOW EAT DEER.
BUT THIS IS PART
OF THE GAME.
IF YOU BRAG ABOUT HOW YOU ARE A TOUGH GUY YOUR
WHOLE LIFE AND YOU GET CRUSHED BY ELEPHANT, IN SOME WAYS IT
RETROACTIVELY MADE YOUR BRAGGING WORTH IT.
IT'S EASY FOR US TO
USE OUR WEAPONS TO KILL THESE ANIMALS.
SUPER EASY.
ONE TIME
WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME DANGER IN THERE.
GOD BLESS.
THE ELEPHANTS NEVER HAD A CHANCE.
I AM NOT BROKEN UP BY IT.
>> I AM MORE SAD ABOUT THE TWO ELEPHANTS THAT WERE SHOT.
THEY
ARE JUST DOING THEIR THING.
THEY ARE TRYING TO BREED.
>> AND THEN YOU GOT SHOT.
>>LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A HUNTER GATHERER ASPECT, IF YOU
ARE HUNTING TO EAT I CAN SORT OF RATIONALIZE IT.
BUT IF THIS GUY
ñ HE IS HUNTING LEOPARDS, HE IS NOT EATING LEOPARDS.
IT IS MESSED UP.
>>GROWING UP I KNEW THIS FAMILY AND THEIR HOUSE WAS TERRIFYING.
THEY LIVED ON THIS HILL AND THE DAD MADE TRANSISTORS OR
SOMETHING AND HAD SO MUCH MONEY.
THEY WOULD SPEND IT GOING ON
SAFARI.
THERE WERE THESE TERRIFYING PHOTOS OF THE MOM
WITH A DEAD BABOON AND SHE DRAPED THE ARM AROUND HER.
AND
IN THEIR HOUSE THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TROPHIES.
AND YOU WALK DOWN
THE HALLWAY AND IT WOULD BE LIKE CROCODILE, AND ELEPHANTS SKULL,
AND YOU JUST THINK THIS IS THE SET LIKE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE
TO GET A DRINK OF WATER IN THIS HOUSE IT MUST BE LIKE A HORROR
MOVIE.
>> DID ANYBODY COME UP TO YOU AND SAY GET OUT NOW?
>> PEOPLE FOR WHOM THE HUNT IS A CHALLENGE AND IT TAKES A
LOT OF PATIENCE ñ
>>DO LIKE A RUBIK'S CUBE.
IF YOU NEED A CHALLENGE, I'M SORRY
DON'T SHOOT THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
>> MAYBE IT WAS LIKE LIVING A TOUGH LIFE AND SOMETHING
HAPPENED.
>> LAST THING, ONE IS THERE IS A RANGE OF HUNTERS.
I KNEW ANOTHER
GUY FROM TEXAS THAT USED TO HUNT RABBITS BECAUSE THEY WERE DIRT
POOR AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD EAT.
THE OTHER SIDE IS THE
TRUMPS.
TO BE FAIR NOT EVEN THE TRUMPS.
OF COURSE I AM REFERRING
TO THE KIDS, ERIC AND DONALD JUNIOR WHO GO AND CUT OFF
DIFFERENT PARTS OF ANIMALS.
THE PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR THAT TUSK
THINKING IT IS GOING TO MAKE THEIR PENIS LARGER, YOU ARE PART
OF THE WORST OF THE WORST.
>>I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE TALK
ABOUT IT.WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A ROTTING CARCASS PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
BE AS EXCITED TO DO IT.
>>LIKE AN EXPERT WHO KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO PUT YOU IN A
POSITION TO KILL THIS ANIMAL, AND YOU KILL THE ANIMAL.
IT IS THE SAME THING.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO HUNT LEOPARDS OR WOLVES, NOT
SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO EAT, BUT SOMETHING YOU ARE DOING FOR
GAME AT LEAST HAVE THE DECENCY TO DO IT WITH BOWS AND ARROWS
AND KNIVES ETC.
SHOOTING IT FROM A DISTANCE, WHAT IS THAT?
FUN?
THAT IS NOT FUN OR FAIR.
MY POINT IS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
BRAG ABOUT.
YOU WILL KILL A CHEATER WITH YOUR BARE HANDS, YOU GOT ME
ON THAT ONE, NICE WORK.
>>HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, THAT IS WHAT HUNTING SHOULD BE.
>>LAST THING, THIS GUY HAS A FAMILY.
OF COURSE I FEEL BAD FOR
HIS FAMILY.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY ARGUE THAT HE WAS A HUNTER TO BE
MORE RESPECTED BECAUSE APPARENTLY HE WAS ENDANGERING
HIS LIFE.
HE WAS MORE OF A SPORTSMAN AND TAKING MORE RISK
THAN OTHER PEOPLE SITTING FAR AWAY SHOOTING AT THE ANIMALS.
IF
THAT IS ANY SOLACE TO YOU, CREDIT TO HIM ON THAT.
BUT YOU
CAN'T SAY YOU WANT CREDIT FOR BEING A GREAT HUNTER AND THEN
SAY IT LIKE IT IS AN OUTRAGE
THAT
A HUNTER WOULD EVER DIE.