Polish hunter sues after failing to find elephant
Wed Feb 2, 2011 3:26pm GMT
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish hunter who dreamt of shooting an elephant has
sued a German-based travel company after it sent him to a part of Africa
where he said there were no elephants to be found, a newspaper reported
Wednesday.
The company, Jaworski Jagdreisen, which organises hunting expeditions,
insists there are elephants in the area of Zimbabwe it sent the hunter,
identified only as Waldemar I, the Rzeczpospolita daily newspaper said.
“From what I know, (the hunter) should have seen elephant excrement there,”
it quoted the company owner as saying.
Even though the company organised a second trip for the luckless hunter
during which he managed to kill a male elephant, the man still filed for
damages worth $130,000 over his first expedition.
A court is due to rule on his claim on February 15, the paper said.