One of Jane Goodall's Heroes Murdered in Tanzania

A vehicle drives past the crime scene marking the spot where conservationist Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot and killed in Dar es Salaam, seen on August 18, 2017. Lotter, a South African and co-founded the PAMS Foundation, which has helped arrest thousands of poachers. He was killed August 16, 2017. PAMS finances Tanzania's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit (NTSCIU) which has scored some massive successes in recent years, arresting nearly 900 poachers and illegal ivory traders.k (Photo credit: Getty Images)

He dedicated his life to saving elephants—and might have been killed as a result. Wayne Lotter, a director of anti-poaching NGO the PAMS Foundation, was shot and killed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Wednesday night during a taxi ride from the airport to his hotel, reports the Guardian

The vehicle was reportedly stopped by two men, who opened Lotter's car door and fatally shot the 51-year-old. His laptop was also stolen, reports Reuters. Who would want to kill a wildlife conservationist? Plenty of people, apparently. Lotter had received numerous death threats since co-founding the PAMS Foundation in 2009; it assisted African communities and governments with anti-poaching efforts and bankrolled Tanzania's elite anti-poaching investigation unit.

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