ZIMBABWEAN conservation officials blamed poachers after an elephant trampled a South African man to death in Zimbabwe, it was reported yesterday.
Johnny Rodrigues, chairperson of the Zimbabwean Conservation Task Force, said 55-year-old Don Hornsby, from Bedfordview in Johannesburg, was attacked by an elephant at Mutsadona near Lake Kariba last week.
Hornsby was apparently trying to take a photo of the animal.
"Don and some friends were fishing from the bank of the lake when the elephants came to drink water. He was running to fetch his camera when the elephant charged at him," Rodrigues said.
He said elephants in Zimbabwe have been so traumatised by poachers that they charge at anyone these days.
Hornsby's remains will arrive in South Africa this week and a memorial service will be held in Johannesburg tomorrow.
Elephant tramples SA man in Zim
ZIMBABWEAN conservation officials blamed poachers after an elephant trampled a South African man to death in Zimbabwe, it was reported yesterday.
Johnny Rodrigues, chairperson of the Zimbabwean Conservation Task Force, said 55-year-old Don Hornsby, from Bedfordview in Johannesburg, was attacked by an elephant at Mutsadona near Lake Kariba last week.
Hornsby was apparently trying to take a photo of the animal.
"Don and some friends were fishing from the bank of the lake when the elephants came to drink water. He was running to fetch his camera when the elephant charged at him," Rodrigues said.
He said elephants in Zimbabwe have been so traumatised by poachers that they charge at anyone these days.
Hornsby's remains will arrive in South Africa this week and a memorial service will be held in Johannesburg tomorrow.
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