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# Ernie Dosio, Vineyard Owner, Dies in Elephant Stampede
- URL: https://bevnews.net/ernie-dosio-vinmeyard-owner-dies-in-elephant-stampede/
- Published: 2026-04-28T01:20:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-28T05:13:10.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Obituaries

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old Lodi-area vineyard owner, industry leader, and big-game hunter, was killed last Friday while hunting yellow-backed duiker antelope in Gabon’s Lope-Okanda rainforest, [as the Guardian reports](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon?ref=bevnews.net).

Dosio’s group startled a herd of five female elephants and a calf, causing the animals to charge them, and Dosio was fatally trampled. His guide was also seriously injured.