5 wildlife rangers shot - 3 killed - by poachers in Congo park
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/5-wildlife-rangers-shot-3-killed-poachers-congo-park
Rangers put their lives on the line each and every day, and are under real siege in Garamba protecting #elephants from heavily incentivized and militarized poaching gangs (...)
African parks noted that family members of victims will receive an amount equal to six times their annual salary plus any funds raised by donor campaigns. The benefit is unusual — rangers’ families in other places are sometimes left destitute after an incident.
#braconnage #militarisation #congo (#rhinos bien qu’ici il s’agit d’éléphants)