Rangers

We lost a great man, a great professional, a great ranger

Our friend and colleague Mr. Martin Mthembu has died after a car accident in South Africa. A huge tragedy from a human and professional point of view. He has been working on the front of the elephant poaching war and many elephants owe their lives to the work of the rangers very well trained by […]

WORLD RANGER DAY 2014 – Roll of Honor

In Memoriam It’s estimated that we have lost over 1000 rangers in the last 10 years. Of those 1000, 103 were recorded as loosing their lives in 2013, and a further 56 for this year. This is but a proportion of the true figure, as not all cases are reported or discovered until much later. […]

World Ranger Day 2013

World Ranger Day commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of duty, and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the world’s natural and cultural treasures. Over 1,000 Park Rangers have lost their lives across the globe in the last 10 years. World Ranger Day is observed annually on the 31st of July, and […]

Poaching & Ivory Trade: The Human Toll

Poaching & Ivory Trade: The Human Toll (New York Times) Rangers in isolated central Africa uncover grim cost of protecting wildlife. This is an issue very dear to EAL. Coldblooded murder, with dozens of African wildlife rangers killed in recent years, many in revenge-driven ambushes. “Kenya, which is considered tame compared with some of these […]

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We protect Wildlife and our Planet with intelligence-gathering operations and by investigating and exposing wildlife criminals worldwide, including poachers, traffickers, businessmen and corrupt government officials.Elephant Action League is a hybrid non-profit organization that merges the worlds of intelligence, investigation and conservation in service of wildlife and the people who protect it.