Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers Biography
 But after being hounded, shamed, browbeaten and finally persuaded by his elders, he recently made a remarkable transformation. Elephants, he has come to believe, are actually worth more alive than dead, because of the tourists they attract. So Mr. Lokinyi stopped poaching and joined a grass-roots squad of rangers — essentially a conservation militia — to protect the wildlife he once slaughtered.
Nowadays he gets up at dawn, slurps down a cup of sugary tea, tightens his combat boots and marches off with other villagers, some who had never picked up a gun before and are little more than volunteers, to fight poachers.“We got to protect the elephants,” said Mr. Lokinyi, whose hooded eyes now glow with the zeal of a convert.From Tanzania to Cameroon, tens of thousands of elephants are being poached each year, more than at any time in decades, because of Asia’s soaring demand for ivory. Nothing seems to be stopping it, including deploying national armies, and the bullet-riddled carcasses keep stacking up. Scientists say that at this rate, African elephants could soon go the way of the wild American bison.

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers

Wildlife Conservation Careers