An unusual case arose in India. Local media assured that an elephant that attacked an elderly woman and ended her life, appeared again at his funeral to finish attacking his corpse.
The victim was identified as Maya Murmu, 70 years old, who was in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha state.when she was attacked by the elephant that apparently came from a nearby region known as the Dalma Sanctuary, according to the newspaper Hindustan Times.
Apparently, after this woman was attacked by the animal, she would have been rushed to a medical center, but He died in hospital from the severity of his injuries.
It was reported that at the time of the attack, the woman was in the Raipal village drinking water, when the elephant appeared and attacked her.
As indicated, the incident would have occurred in the morning hours and, after his death, the family decided to hold a funeral in the afternoon of the same day. Nevertheless, The surprise was that in the middle of the meeting the elephant reappeared and rammed the lifeless body of the woman, who was even already placed on a funeral pyre.
The confirmation of the fact was by the authorities in the area, who sent a spokesman for the Police of Rasgovindpur, an Indian region, stating that the animal that had escaped from Dalma and that, once it arrived in the Mayurbhanj district, made the double attack.
Hunter paid $50,000 to kill Botswana’s largest elephant
In Botswana, in southern Africa, Leon Kachelhoffer, a professional trophy hunter, had the “privilege”, as he called itto end the life of the largest tusker elephant in this country.
According to the story told by the man, it was he who was able to shoot the gigantic animal after paying a $50,000 registration fee to a group that was organizing a hunting excursion in that country.
According to the hunter, the killed specimen, which is part of one of the elephant species with the largest tusks in the world, had an ivory weight of almost 200 pounds (91) kilograms. The animal was a veteran elephant, so it only took one bullet to end its life.
As expected, the animal’s murder caused great controversy on social networks, especially after Kachelhoffer published a story on his Facebook account, in which he proudly showed his “feat”. However, in the midst of the controversy, the hunter assured that there was no reason for people’s indignation, Well, according to his worldview, what he did was not kill an elephant, but keep a “great trophy”.
“That wasn’t one of the things I was thinking about. Be in a position to hunt an’toro ‘ like that is an incredible privilege”assured the man with a laugh, in the middle of a conversation he had with Robbie Kroger, presenter of the podcast Blood Origins.
However, in the midst of his happiness, the hunter assured that not everything is glory in this type of situation, because in what seems to be a way to atone for his sins, he indicated that pain and remorse come at times, almost always when one thinks about the life that the defeated giant had.