South African conservationist shot and killed in Tanzania
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A U.S.-based conservation group says its South African co-founder has been shot and killed in Tanzania.
The PAMS Foundation said Thursday on Facebook that Wayne Lotter was killed Wednesday night in the Masa-ki district of Dar es Salaam. It says Tanzanian police are investigating.
The foundation says Lotter helped to train thousands of game scouts throughout Tanzania and developed an "intelligence-based approach" to anti-poaching that has had success in countering wildlife trafficking there. It says he is survived by his wife and two daughters.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Poachers have killed tens of thousands of elephants in Tanzania in the past decade.