Current Events > Hunter accidentially shot dead by another hunter while shooting lions.

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A big game hunter has been shot dead in what has been described as a freak accident while he was out hunting.

Pero Jelenic, 75, died in South Africa while aiming at a lion, according to reports, but a stray bullet hit and killed him. According to local reports he had shot another lion dead before the accident happened while he was taking aim at a second victim.

He was in the North West province and friend Slavko Pernar said he wanted to get a lion trophy after hunting everything that could be hunted in Europe. Police are investigating who shot Jelenic, who is from Croatia, however they have said that they do not suspect any foul play.

He is said to have shot all the game he could have shot in Europe so wanted to bag himself some big cats. Mr Mernar told Jutarnji List, a Croatian newspaper: Pero was a passionate hunter of big and small game, and in search of that he travelled most of the world.

He told them that he was in South Africa because he wanted to complete his extensive trophy collection. He added: For the past year he had leased his hotel to dedicate himself to the things he planned to accomplish and enjoy a deserved retirement.

He, unfortunately, received the ugliest end he died in South Africa doing what he loved. His office, a hunting hall, was full of trophies, deer and bear specimens and everything that could be hunted in Croatia and Europe.

Police spokesman Sabata Mokgwabone told MailOnline: The injured man was air-lifted to the nearby hospital by helicopter, but doctors were unable to save the mans life. A case of culpable homicide has been opened, and police are also investigating charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, Brigadier Mokgwabone added.

Full Article: http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/30/big-game-hunter-shot-dead-aiming-lion-wanted-kill-7271473/



Well that happened...
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Dude spends his whole life hunting and killing animals. Gets killed by another hunter.

There's a certain poetic irony in that
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The hunter was later destroyed.
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I won't celebrate his death, but I won't mourn it, either.
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Should go ti prison just for hunting the Lions imo. Hunting for sport needs to be outright illegal world wide.
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now get him stuffed and mounted
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What people who are hating on this guy don't understand is that these private hunting lodges probably increase the local animal population. Someone is choosing to use their land to keep all these animals when it could otherwise be put to other uses like farming or raising livestock. These hunters allow people to make money off the land without having to completely destroy the natural ecosystem. I highly doubt it would be better for the animals to have this land replaced with farming.
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Well, as long as HHH is safe.
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Reminds me of the outcome of a Disney movie.
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did he drop any loot
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