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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:22 PM Aug 2017

Crusader Who Saved Elephants From Poachers Is Shot Dead in Tanzania

Source: New York Times


By CHRISTINE HAUSER
AUG. 18, 2017




Wayne Lotter, a wildlife conservationist from South Africa, was fatally shot this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he had worked to stop poaching and the illegal ivory trade, the organization he helped found said.

Mr. Lotter was killed in a district of the east African country’s capital late on Wednesday, the PAMS Foundation said in its statement on Facebook on Thursday. It said the police in Tanzania were investigating. A report in The Guardian said that Mr. Lotter, 51, was being driven from the airport to his hotel when his taxi was stopped by another vehicle. Two men opened the door to his car, and one of them shot him, the newspaper reported.

It was not immediately clear from investigators whether Mr. Lotter was killed because of his work. He was one of the founders in 2009 of the PAMS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports antipoaching efforts in Tanzania through the country’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit, which has been at the forefront in combating poachers and arresting suspects.

Mr. Lotter worked as a ranger as a young man in South Africa before he moved to Tanzania, where he became a leading force in the fight against poaching, the foundation said. It said his work included training village game scouts in every corner of the country, as part of his belief that “communities were the best protectors of the continent’s animals.”


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/world/africa/elephant-poachers-wayne-lotter.html

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Crusader Who Saved Elephants From Poachers Is Shot Dead in Tanzania (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2017 OP
What a tragic loss. I hope they catch the aholes that killed him. nt chowder66 Aug 2017 #1
What a brave dedicated soul. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #2
A Hero...................... turbinetree Aug 2017 #3
This is SO SAD. lamp_shade Aug 2017 #4
Heart breaking joeybee12 Aug 2017 #5
Oh No! Horrible! montana_hazeleyes Aug 2017 #6
RIP. Terrible. spooky3 Aug 2017 #7
Oh, God. Money money money. Greed greed greed. It really is the root of all evil. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #8
This is really, really sad bronxiteforever Aug 2017 #9
Terrible shame. byronius Aug 2017 #10
Hopefully the spawns of 45 will be going on their next murdering spree at the places mentioned BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #11
Sounds like a mini-war going on. Old Vet Aug 2017 #12
Assassination maxsolomon Aug 2017 #13
RIP Hieronymus Aug 2017 #14
Really sad! RiverStone Aug 2017 #15
The World is exploding.... LakeArenal Aug 2017 #16
Goddamned fucking murderers. I want to see every poacher DEAD. catbyte Aug 2017 #17
Sick of seeing orangecrush Aug 2017 #18
This is so sad. RIP. (eom) StevieM Aug 2017 #19
Dental Check riversedge Aug 2017 #20

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. Oh, God. Money money money. Greed greed greed. It really is the root of all evil.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:55 PM
Aug 2017

The trash and filth of the world kill good people.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
11. Hopefully the spawns of 45 will be going on their next murdering spree at the places mentioned
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 07:21 PM
Aug 2017

in the article. Maybe their heads will be trophies sent to Bannon's for him to use on his wall at Breibart.

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