Leading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania

[Cattledog]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/17/leading-elephant-conservationist-ivory-shot-dead-in-tanzania?CMP=share_btn_tw

The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania.

Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki district of the city of Dar es Salaam. The wildlife conservationist was being driven from the airport to his hotel when his taxi was stopped by another vehicle. Two men, one armed with a gun opened his car door and shot him.

Lotter was a director and co-founder of the PAMS Foundation, an NGO that provides conservation and anti-poaching support to communities and governments in Africa. Since starting the organisation in Tanzania in 2009, he had received numerous death threats relating to his work.

Police in Tanzania have launched an investigation into his death.

[lunasun]

1. Poachers , always armed and dangerous. I have been to Dar Es Salaam, everyone is warned about

Poachers

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Poachers: another group of men that shouldn't be on the planet.

[Duppers]

3. Poachers, hunters, & BUYERS of Ivory.

These magnificent animals would be much safer if the Chinese didnt covet ivory.