Overview
- Ernie Dosio, 75, was trampled after a surprise encounter with five female elephants and a calf in Lopé‑Okanda National Park on April 17.
- Safari operator Collect Africa confirmed the death, and the U.S. Embassy in Gabon is coordinating with his family to repatriate the body, a process expected to take several days.
- The professional guide who was with him was reported seriously injured in the charge and, according to witnesses, lost his rifle in the chaos.
- Media reports say Dosio paid about $40,000 for a licensed hunt focused on a yellow‑backed duiker, a small forest antelope.
- The killing has reignited criticism of trophy hunting and conservation claims in a country that holds a large share of the world’s forest elephants.