Anti-poaching conservationist who helped catch alleged ‘Queen of Ivory’ shot dead in Tanzania

A leading conservationist who battled elephant poachers in East Africa has been shot dead in Tanzania.

Wayne Lotter, 51, was described as a “hero to many” by Dr Jane Goodall, who said he and colleagues at the PAMS Foundation had “worked tirelessly to fight both poachers and corruption”.

Mr Lotter helped fund Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit, which in 2015 arrested a Chinese woman, Yang Feng Glan, alleged to be the ‘Queen of Ivory’ and accused of running a $2.6m ivory smuggling ring.

The PAMS Foundation, which he set up with two other experts, Krissie Clark and Ally Namangaya, said it was “heartbroken” to report that the South African had been killed in the Masa-ki area of Dar es Salaam on Wednesday night.

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Source: Independent

 

 

 

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