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A California<\/a> vineyard owner has died after being crushed by elephants while on a hunting<\/a> expedition in Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ernie Dosio, 75, was hunting yellow-backed duikers in Gabon when the deadly April 17 incident occurred.<\/p>\n

Dosio, who kept an extensive collection of animal heads in his home, was trampled to death when he and his guide stumbled into five female elephants with a calf in the Lope-Okanda rainforest, the Daily Mail reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Collect Africa, the Nigerian-based safari operator, confirmed Dosio\u2019s death to the publication. The California-Hawaii Elks Association also confirmed Dosio\u2019s death on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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“It is with a most heavy heart and sadness that I am reporting the passing of Ernie Dosio earlier this week,” Tommy Whitman, secretary of Lodi Lodge 1900 and Central District Scouting chairman, wrote in a statement. “May all of our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones. He will be sorely missed.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Embassy in Gabon and the safari company.<\/p>\n

An unnamed hunter in Cape Town<\/a> who knew Dosio told the news outlet that Dosio had been “hunting since he could hold a rifle and had many trophies from Africa and the U.S.”<\/p>\n

“Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all of Ernie\u2019s hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation culls to manage animal numbers,” he said<\/a>. “Ernie had booked a hunt for dwarf forest buffalo and duikers \u2014 in particular, the yellow-backed duiker \u2014 and, under strict licensing laws, he could not take along his own guns.”<\/p>\n

The hunting company would supply a shotgun and cartridges for the duiker hunt, he said.<\/p>\n

The hunter added he believes Dosio and his guide surprised the elephants, who attacked<\/a> because they felt threatened.<\/p>\n

“I would rather not go into detail, but it is safe to assume it would have been quick,” he said. “Ernie was a very well-known and popular hunter in the U.S. and in Africa, and a very keen conservationist; he did a hell of a lot of charity work and was a really good guy. What happened has been deeply felt by many on both sides of the Atlantic.”<\/p>\n

Dosio’s body is being repatriated to America<\/a> with assistance from the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n

Dosio owned Pacific AgriLands Inc., a Modesto, California, vineyard land management company with its own 12,000-acre vineyard, according to Lodi News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Central Africa is home to roughly endangered 95,000 forest elephants, with the largest numbers being found in Gabon, according to the World Wildlife Fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-millionaire-trampled-death-elephants-african-hunting-expedition <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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