Hunter Becomes Hunted: A Fox Shoots a Manhttp://gizmodo.com/5734552/hunter-becom ... oots-a-man
Sat Jan 15 2011
By Casey Chan
When a
fox was shot by a
hunter, it didn't die. Instead, when the
hunter tried to finish the
fox off with the butt of his gun, the animal pulled the trigger of the gun and shot the
hunter right back.
The man (who remains anonymous) was hunting for foxes in Belarus (who aren't protected from hunting because they transmit rabies), close to the border of Poland. After being shot from a distance, according to the police, "the animal fiercely resisted and in the struggle accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw". The
fox managed to run off as friends jumped in to save the wounded man.
Obviously, a man's life is more valuable than the animal's but I can't help but think that this is some sort of twisted poetic justice.
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Full Article:
Fox shoots man: Wounded creature pulls the trigger on rifle hunter was using to finish him offhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxmlSat Jan 15 2011
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
A
hunter became the hunted after a
fox managed to shoot him with his own gun.
The stricken animal somehow pulled the trigger of the man’s shotgun with its paw, hitting him in the leg.
The bizarre incident happened as the unnamed 40-year-old
hunter tried to kill the
fox with the butt of his gun after shooting it from a distance.
The
fox made its escape while friends took the injured man to hospital.
‘The animal fiercely resisted and in the struggle accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw,’ said a police officer called to the scene in the Grodno region of Belarus.
Fox hunting is popular in the picturesque farming region in the north-west of the country, close to the border with Poland.
The hunter, who asked for his name to be withheld to save his embarrassment, was still in hospital yesterday.One official said: ‘I have never heard of anything like this before. ‘The
hunter couldn’t believe it either. He was in shock.’
Foxes are not protected in Belarus because they transmit rabies.
The region is also a popular destination for hunters of elk, wild boar and even wolves. But from now on, they may not want to get too close to the animals they are stalking.
