Elephant poacher in Kenya has turned gamekeeper

  • By EAL
  • April 16, 2013

Elephant poacher in Kenya has turned gamekeeper and now goes out patrolling to protect the animals he once killed.

“The life of a poacher was too lonely for me… and leads only to death,” said Lokoloi, aged 25, who spent the past decade as a poacher, killing his first elephant at the age of 15.

Turning poachers into gamekeepers could be very effective and helps protect the wildlife, but with little money in the task and few employment opportunities elsewhere, there is always the temptation to return…

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