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Veteran big game hunter dies after elephant, felled by gunfire, collapses on him

Theunis Botha.
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South African hunter crushed to death by elephant https://t.co/fWqUIK6Kcz pic.twitter.com/PFgzhCKsTr

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May 22, 2017
Theunis Botha led his first guided hunting safari through South Africa’s grasslands in 1989. A college student at the time, he used the money he received to help put himself through school.
Over the following 28 years, Botha expanded his college side-gig into a full-fledged business, setting up private hunting ranches in Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and elsewhere, and drawing clients from around the world. He won a reputation as a sought-after specialist in leopard and lion hunting, and pioneered a new method of using hounds to track big game, according to his hunting company’s website [ http://www.tbbiggamehounds.co.za/Unique_Safaris/History_of_Leopard_hunting_in_Africa_with_Theunis_Botha_Big_Game_Safaris.html ].
On Friday, after countless treks into the African wilderness, the 51-year-old embarked on his final hunt.
Botha was leading a group of hunters western Zimbabwe on Friday afternoon when they stumbled upon a breeding herd of elephants in Hwange National Park, the Telegraph reported [ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/21/south-african-hunter-crushed-death-elephant/ ].
Startled, three elephant cows charged the group. Botha opened fire, according to News24 [ http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/hunter-dies-after-shot-elephant-falls-on-him-20170521 ], but a fourth elephant rammed him from the side, lifting him with her trunk. One of his fellow hunters then fired a shot. The elephant collapsed on top of Botha, killing him, News24 reported.
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Botha’s death comes just weeks after one of his friends was killed by crocodiles during a hunting expedition in Zimbabwe. Scott Van Zyl, 44, was with a local tracker and a pack of hunting dogs when he disappeared in mid-April. A week later, his remains were found in the carcass of a crocodile shot and killed by local authorities, the BBC reported [ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39658126 ].
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