DIY Photography

Your one stop shop for everything photo-video

  • News
  • Inspiration
  • Reviews
  • Tutorials
  • DIY
  • Gear
Search

Submit A Story

Photographer trampled to death by a wild elephant after getting too close to its herd

Nov 11, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

India’s West Bengal state has seen eight trampling deaths in the past ten days. The latest tragedy happened when a photographer got too close to a herd of wild elephants in an attempt to photograph them. This got the animals enraged, and one of the elephants crushed the photographer to death.

According to Daily Mail, Asish Shit, 35, was with a friend in the forests around the Atadihi area of Sankrail. He was reportedly taking photos of a wild herd of 12 elephants. Arup Mukherjee, the divisional forest officer, says that Shit got very close to the elephant that trampled him. “He was taken to the Bhangagarh hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” Mukherjee said.

As I mentioned, this wasn’t the first case of death by trampling in the same area. However, it also wasn’t the first time that a photographer gets killed by an elephant because he got too close. Last year, the same tragedy happened to a German tourist in Zimbabwe.

Sadly, people are known to do reckless things when they want to photograph animals (or take selfies with them). It sometimes results in hurting themselves or the animals, but there were cases when it even ended tragically. So, I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: be careful and respectful when taking photos of wild animals. This will spare both you and them from potential danger or tragedy.

[via FStoppers; image credits: V Srinivasan on Unsplash]

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Related posts:

German tourist trampled to death after approaching elephants to take a photo Fearless Tourist Shows You What To Do If A Wild Elephant Charges You On Your Next Photo Safari These are some of the last photographs of a 60+ year old wild elephant with tusks that dragged along the ground Bison: 1 – Woman: 0 – Don’t get close to wild animals for photos

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Danger, dangerous photography, death, Elephant, Tourist, Tourists

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.net

About Dunja Djudjic

Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

« Here are 10 microphone tips to improve the audio quality in your videos
I built my own DIY timelapse slider that works a lot like the Slypod »

Submit A Story

Get our FREE Lighting Book

DIYP lighting book cover

* download requires newsletter signup
DIYPhotography

Recent Comments

Free Resources

Advanced lighting book

Recent Posts

  • Here’s a bullet time video booth you can build yourself
  • Ricoh has discontinued the HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited silver lens
  • This “stellar flower” unravels the twilight’s evolution in 360 degrees
  • Strobes vs Continuous LEDs – Which is right for you?
  • Wave goodbye to Apple’s My Photo Stream next month

Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

Alex Baker: from diyphotography.netAlex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

David Williams: from diyphotography.netDave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

Copyright © DIYPhotography 2006 - 2023 | About | Contact | Advertise | Write for DIYP | Full Disclosure | Privacy Policy