Yesterday was World Ranger Day. A day to honour those who died defending the world's most vulnerable species. Did you know that rangers live on minimum wage taking on one of the most dangerous tasks in this world. They are going against enemies that are armed to the teeth and would not mind killing a ranger just to not leave any human witnesses behind. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has reported over 1,000 rangers deaths and many more injured over the last 10 years. In the year of 2013, a recorded number of 27 rangers have lost their lives in the line of duty in Africa nearly 80% of them killed by poachers.
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