Five rangers die in grim month for wildlife protectors

Rangers lost their lives in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and IndiaFive wildlife rangers and three other men working in wildlife protection have lost their lives in four separate countries in the past month, highlighting the numerous hazards rangers and their colleagues face in protecting the world's wild lands and species. "It's a tough week when we lose eight of our ranger family; some to poachers' bullets and some to the other dangers that come with the territory," said Sean Willmore, founder and director of the Thin Green Line Foundation, which supports widows and children of rangers killed in the line of duty. Continue reading...