Texas ranch trader and big game hunter Asher Watkins, 52, was killed by a Cape buffalo in an 'unprovoked attack' while hunting the animal.

Millionaire Texas ranch trader Asher Watkins was killed on Sunday, Aug. 3, by a buffalo he was tracking during a hunting trip in South Africa, according to multiple outlets.

(CNN) - A hunter from the United States was killed by a buffalo he was tracking during an expedition in South Africa. Asher Watkins was killed on Sunday in what was called a “sudden and unprovoked attack.” Coenraad Vermaak Safaris, the company that organized the trip, says Watkins was visiting South Africa from Texas.