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Saiga ranger's death sparks Kazakh call for justice
Source: BBC
Saiga ranger's death sparks Kazakh call for justice
By Abdujalil Abdurasulov
BBC News
18 January 2019
On 13 January two Kazakh rangers were on their usual patrol when they saw something strange - fresh car tracks.
In the remote uninhabited steppe, this could mean only one thing - poachers. Yerlan Nurgaliev and Pyotr Nitsyk quickly gave chase, firing warning shots to stop the cars speeding away.
When the cars stopped, armed men got out. The rangers were badly beaten up, trying to arrest the criminals.
Mr Nurgaliev died in hospital two days later.
This is the first time in the history of Okhotzooprom, the agency that protects Kazakhstan's wildlife, that poachers have killed a state ranger.
Mr Nurgaliev's death has caused a huge outcry with many people urging authorities not to let the criminals get away with this murder.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46925699
Yerlan Nurgaliev holding a baby saiga
A conservation programme is bearing fruit - the number of saiga is on the rise
By Abdujalil Abdurasulov
BBC News
18 January 2019
On 13 January two Kazakh rangers were on their usual patrol when they saw something strange - fresh car tracks.
In the remote uninhabited steppe, this could mean only one thing - poachers. Yerlan Nurgaliev and Pyotr Nitsyk quickly gave chase, firing warning shots to stop the cars speeding away.
When the cars stopped, armed men got out. The rangers were badly beaten up, trying to arrest the criminals.
Mr Nurgaliev died in hospital two days later.
This is the first time in the history of Okhotzooprom, the agency that protects Kazakhstan's wildlife, that poachers have killed a state ranger.
Mr Nurgaliev's death has caused a huge outcry with many people urging authorities not to let the criminals get away with this murder.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46925699
Yerlan Nurgaliev holding a baby saiga
A conservation programme is bearing fruit - the number of saiga is on the rise
