A trophy hunter who reportedly paid $50,000 for the 'privilege' of killing the largest 'tusker' elephant in Botswana said he did not expect it to be controversial. Leon Kachelhoffer, who is from the African country, claims he killed the creature, which had 200lb of ivory, on the northern border close to Namibia.
The Mail reported that the elephant was in its early 50s. It was reportedly killed earlier this month with a single shot, a hunting industry spokesperson confirmed, after Kachelhoffer paid to join a hunt. The elephant was part of a small group of 40 animals with at least one tusk weighing 100lb remaining in Africa.
Kachelhoffer appeared on a podcast to speak about the experience. He told Blood Origins host Robbie Kroger that he did not imagine that the killing would be controversial.
