A professional trophy hunter shot and killed the largest ‘tusker’ elephant in Botswana after paying $50,000 to join a hunt.
Botswanan hunter Leon Kachelhoffer claims he killed the big tusker, which was carrying 200lb (91kg) of ivory, on the country’s northern border with Namibia.
The elephant was in its early-50s and killed with a single shot, a hunting industry spokesperson confirmed.
There are only 40 ‘hundred pounder’ tusker elephants with at least one tusk weighing 100lb left roaming in Africa.
Kachelhoffer reposted a Facebook story describing his controversial conquest and appeared on a podcast to explain the hunt.
He told Blood Origins host Robbie Kroger that he did not expect a controversy to arise.
Kachelhoffer laughed and said: ‘That wasn’t one of the things I was thinking about.’
He added: ‘To be in a position to hunt a bull like that, it’s an incredible privilege.
‘When you take a bull like that, there’s a lot of remorse, there’s a lot of sadness, you think about the great life that this elephant has led.
‘You know, there’s more to it than shooting a bull, taking a photograph, becoming a hero and all this other nonsense.’
Hunter Biden !!!!
Looks like to me he has way too much money
He should be charged and jailed for a long time. Maybe the people there will put a price on his head send in the Bounty Hunter.
Wealthy sociopaths believe that the world belongs to them, and that includes wild animals. These people are mentally ill. Unfortunately they have the financial means to cause pain and devastation…
He think is a hunter ? Go to the Amazon with only a knife and hunt !! Then only then you can call yourself a hunter , to me you are just a disgusting bastard that should die .