Hunter becomes the hunted

The Bellend of the Month for May 2017 is a South African big game hunter named Theunis Botha, who died at the age of 51 after being crushed by an elephant cow that had been shot on a game reserve in Zimbabwe at the weekend. Botha was leading a hunt with clients when the group accidentally walked into the middle of a breeding herd of elephants at the Good Luck Farm near Hwange National Park late on Friday afternoon, Zimparks spokesman Mr Simukai Nyasha said. Three of the elephant cows charged the hunters. Mr Botha fired a shot from his rifle but he was caught by surprise by a fourth cow that stormed them from the side, the Afrikaans news site Netwerk24 reported. One of the hunters shot the elephant after she lifted Botha with her trunk. The elephant then collapsed on top of Mr Botha, who has five children with his wife Carike Botha. It's a wonder she didn't just leave him already. Those who hunt endangered species deserve to get what's coming to them.