{"id":1063,"date":"2026-04-30T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:53:44","slug":"california-vineyard-owner-trampled-to-death-by-elephants-during-40000-africa-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1063","title":{"rendered":"California Vineyard Owner Trampled to Death by Elephants During $40,000 Africa Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ernie Dosio<\/strong>, a 75-year-old vineyard owner from California, died after being trampled by a herd of <strong>African forest elephant<\/strong> during a $40,000 hunting trip in <strong>Gabon<\/strong> on April 17. He and his professional guide accidentally encountered elephant cows with a calf in a rainforest in the Lop\u00e9-Okanda National Park, triggering a defensive attack. The guide was injured, while Dosio, reportedly left with only a small-game shotgun, was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/public\/latest-news\/zwj27\/picture315558882\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1140\/GettyImages-634822948%20California%20Vineyard%20Owner%20Trampled%20to%20Death%20by%20Elephants%20During%2040000%20Africa%20Hunt.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are conflicting reports about the incident. Early information given to the family was inconsistent, including an incorrect claim that buffalo caused the death. His ex-wife, <strong>Rinda Butler Dosio<\/strong>, expressed frustration over poor communication and unclear details, while some accounts differ on whether the guide survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dosio leaves behind two sons, Jeff and Blake, who continue running the family agricultural business, Pacific AgriLands. He was a prominent figure in California\u2019s wine industry and active in hunting and conservation communities, remembered by friends as charitable, community-minded, and passionate about hunting and outdoor life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Embassy is assisting in returning his body to California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner from California, died after being trampled by a herd of African forest elephant during a $40,000 hunting trip in Gabon on April 17. He &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}