American trophy hunter killed by Buffalo during Safari in South Africa

An American was killed by a buffalo who was tracking during a Trophous hunting In South Africa, police said Friday.

The man of Dallas, Texas, was found dead last Sunday on a farm in the province of Northern Limpopo. The victim’s name was not revealed by the Police, but several American media, citing the Safari company that organized the expedition, identified it as Asher Watkins, 52.

“Asher was fatally injured in a sudden attack and not caused by an involuntary buffalo that was tracking together with one of our professional hunters and one of our trackers,” said Hans Vermaak, whose family directs the Safari company that organized the expedition, in a statement to The New York Times.

Coenrad Vermaak Safaris confirmed to the people that Watkins was fatally for a Cape Buffalo.

The victim had wounds in the stomach and torso, and a buffalo who had been shot dead was lying nearby, police said.

A police statement said they had been alerted by the security personnel on the farm that led them to “a lifeless body of a man already certified in an ambulance.”

The Safari company website describes Cape Buffalo as “the most dangerous animal to pursue in Africa, much less in the world”, added that the animal is responsible for “several deaths and many injuries for hunters every year.”

Cabo Buffalo has been called “La Mafia del Monte”, according to Kariega Game Reserve, because large animals “tend to take revenge when they are getting into them and it is known that they return, lurk and attack or kill the hunters.”

Bufalos in South Africa can weigh up to 1,800 pounds and are among the so -called five African trophies, along with elephants, rhinoceros, lions and leopards.

Hunting tourism brings $ 169 million a year for South Africa, according to a study by a local university published in July.

“Foreign hunters, often rich retired from the United States,” spend an average of $ 32,663 for visit, according to the study.

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