Spotted by View From The Solent in The Telegraph:
A British man working as a professional hunter on a private game reserve in Zimbabwe has been killed by a wounded buffalo he was trying to shoot.
Owain Lewis, 67, had been tracking the animal for three days to finish it off after it was shot and injured by a visiting American hunter he was escorting. Paul Smith, the owner of Chifuti Safaris in the lower Zambezi Valley, said Mr Lewis was "very tough and experienced" but had been caught unawares when the buffalo charged from the undergrowth and tossed him in the air.
"It turned on him and attacked him and unfortunately the apprentice hunter with him could not shoot the animal as Owain's body was in the way," he said. "It was a very tough fight. Owain's neck was broken but the apprentice did manage to kill the buffalo. We are very shocked. This is the first time we have had an incident like this. We have had so many messages of support from people who hunted with Owen. It is a tragedy."
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
You can't really fault the buffalo for trying...
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I wonder when they'll start demanding mechanical arms?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandersnatch_%28Known_Space%29
" but the apprentice did manage to kill the buffalo."
So the "acting in self-defence" plea didn't work then.
Not uncommon in wounded Cape Buffalo, stories abound of them tracking, ambushing and killing those that wounded them.
They are vicious bastards and they won't let it lie
" but the apprentice did manage to kill the buffalo."
Those tasks are getting harder, I thought they just had to sell things ? [Note: have never watched an episode]
I watched it a few times. Boring. But if tracking and killing Cape Buffalo was one of the tasks I might give it another go...
@Derek
From the reviews I've read if it was Cape Buffalo tracking and killing the apprentice candidates, they'd have another X-Factor on their hands, I know I'd watch
Pavlov's Cat: "Not uncommon in wounded Cape Buffalo, stories abound of them tracking, ambushing and killing those that wounded them.
They are vicious bastards and they won't let it lie"
A trait that it seems Australian scrub bulls are developing!
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