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Elephant poachers kill three rangers and wound two in Garamba National Park, DRC

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Desdemona Despair

By Sara Malm
25 April 2016

(Daily Mail) – A Swedish park manager was among five rangers shot by elephant poachers during a fatal firefight which claimed three lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Garamba wildlife park.

Poachers entered the UNESCO world heritage site on Saturday, killing one ranger at the scene and injuring four, two of whom later died as a result of their injuries.

The fatal shootout followed  months of increased poaching in Garamba, during which 43 elephants have been killed, the park’s management said.

Rangers Richard Sungudikpio Ndingba, Rigobert Anigobe Bagale, and Dieudonné Tsago Matikuli were killed in the firefight, while park manager Erik Mararv, 30, and ranger Kenisa Adrobiago are in hospital.

One of the rangers was found dead near the site of the Saturday attack,  African Parks officials said.

U.S. forces in the area evacuated the others, but two of them died of their injuries a day later at a military base in neighbouring Central African Republic, the organisation added. […]

‘We are devastated by this latest loss. 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 who threaten the very survival of humans and wildlife alike’ African Parks chief executive Peter Fearnhead said in a statement. [more]

Elephant poachers shoot and kill three rangers and wound Swedish park manager at UNESCO world heritage site in Congo


24 April 2016 (African Parks) – Five members from African Parks, including four rangers and the Park Manager, sustained injuries in a shootout with elephant poachers yesterday on April 23rd, 2016 in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).    

It is with sincere regret that we inform you that three of the Rangers, Richard Sungudikpio Ndingba, Rigobert Anigobe Bagale, and Dieudonné Tsago Matikuli have since died. Ranger Dieudonné Kanisa Adrupiako and Park Manager Erik Mararv who both sustained gunshot wounds are now in stable condition.  

Besides Dieudonné Tsago Matikuli whose body was recovered this morning, the other three Rangers and the Park Manager were evacuated by AFRICOM yesterday and flown to a US military base in Nzara, South Sudan. Two of the three Rangers were in critical condition and were stabilized prior to being transferred to a UN military hospital in Bria, Central African Republic (CAR). Tragically however, Rigobert Anigobe Bagale and Richard Sungudikpio Ndingba died there today.   

“We are devastated by this latest loss. 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 who threaten the very survival of humans and wildlife alike” said Peter Fearnhead, CEO of African Parks. “Our heartfelt condolences are with the surviving family members of the rangers we have lost. We are extremely grateful to the support we have received from AFRICOM who provided for the timely evacuations and for the assistance of SANGARIS in CAR. We are doing everything possible to provide for all these men and their families during this very difficult time.”  

African Parks is fortunate to have in place a Personal Accident Policy that in the event of death or an accident covers that employee and their family members in the amount of six times their annual salary, in addition to any funds raised through campaigns and generous donors.   

Elephants numbered around 22,000 in the late 1970’s but today a fraction of their population remains. This is ground zero in the elephant poaching crisis, where elephants are slaughtered for their ivory tusks to be sold illegally by local and regional criminal networks. In 2015, Garamba tragically lost five ICCN guards and three members of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) who were killed by heavily-armed elephant poachers in three separate incidents.  

African Parks has been managing Garamba, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 2005 in partnership with the Institut Congolais pour La Conservation de la Nature (ICCN), the DRC’s official wildlife authority. The park, which is 4,900km2 and is part of the larger Garamba Complex of 12,500km2, is the last stronghold for elephants and giraffe in all of Congo.

If you wish to help support African Parks during this time, please donate here: https://www.african-parks.org/donate

To help the rangers specifically, please reference “Ranger Fund” in the message section of the donate page.

Contact African Parks: info@african-parks.org
Phone: US: +1 646 568 1276 // South Africa +27 11 465 0050 // Netherlands: +31 343 565 019

Three killed and two wounded by elephant poachers in Garamba National Park, DRC


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