World Ranger Day

Those who know me will already know that I was a ranger for a number of years. As with some other professions, once a ranger always a ranger, its a vocation to help the wildlife on this world wherever you are working and to help people enjoy there natural surroundings. But in this country on the whole we have it easy, in other parts of the world it is very hard and you dont know if you will see your family at the end of the day or next patrol.

The list below contains the names of rangers who have died in the last year! They died while protecting the environment of this world. There are three things that upset me about the list; first we dont know the actual real total because some countries do not belong to the international association and we dont get to hear about them, second we dont know the names of some of those killed they are just unknown and finally the number of deaths that are the result of interactions with poachers and others up to no good marked as Homicides.

I know in this country we are heartened to know that both Prince Charles and Prince William recognise the role of rangers around the world.

Please read the list and remember them when you next see a wildlife programme , if you want to help there families please donate at;

http://www.thingreenline.org.au/


INTERNATIONAL RANGER FEDERATION IRF
WORLD RANGER DAY 2013 – RANGER ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM

Alfredo Almueda (59) Philippines Homicide
Angel Kobusheshe Uganda Homicide
Dr Anthony King Kenya Accident
Ashutosh Gautam India Homicide
Atamato Madrandele (43) DRC Homicide
Ba dusi Mugaotinikoni DRC Homicide
Benoit Karvante (32) DRC Homicide
Benson Bwambale Uganda Homicide
Bhagchand India Homicide
Brah im Kha mis Chad Homicide
Bruno Chevugi Paraguay Homicide
C.Sashi India Animal
D. Padmini (55) India Animal
Dabbanna Gullappa (53) India Animal
Daoud Aldjouma Chad Homicide
Dewani Ram India Animal
Djibrine Adoum Goudja Chad Homicide
Dmitry Vladimirovich Kazakhstan Homicide
Dobryansky Vasily Yuryevich (55) Kazakhstan Homicide
Dorcas Rumbagi Tanzania Homicide
Edwin Sibuyi South Africa Accident
Emmanuel Bemazaki Uganda Accident
Ernesto Aparicio Esteve (50) Spain Fire
Esdras Nsengiyumva Rwanda Homicide
Fermin Ba tal (52) Philippines Homicide
Fiston Ma dawa DRC Homicide
Fredrick Ga limoto (34) Malawi Animal
Gheesu Ra m Singh India Animal
Guesh Ahmed Ethiopia
Hassan Djibrine Chad Homicide
Hillary Lotyang Uganda Accident
Haydee Va ldiviesoy Navarette (53) Philippines Homicide
Humphrey Ekwenye Kenya Animal
Idriss Adoum Chad Homicide
Irene Tusiime Uganda Animal
Jairo Mora Sa ndoval (27) Costa Rica Homicide
Jessie Comendador Philippines Homicide
Justin Knackstedt (23) Canada Accident
Kalisto Abolungimoe Uganda Accident
Kalyangiri Adhika ri (39) India Animal
Kamango Tambwe DR C Homicide
Kanta Prasad India Homicide
Kwadwo Wireko (56) Ghana Homicide
Madhusudan Patil India Homicide
Mahadev Siddi (35) India Homicide
Mat Sarcino Philippines Homicide
Mathew Oyoo Odongo Uganda Homicide
Md Rafiqul Islam (30) Bangladesh Homicide
Merab Arevadze Georgia Homicide
Mizanur Rah man (40) Bangladesh Accident
Mulalo Nemakha vhani South Africa Homicide
Octave Kibela DR C Homicide
Oscar Magbanua Philippines Homicide
Oscar Miguel Cruz Ramirez 24 Costa Rica Accident
Paluku Matembela DRC Homicide
Panayot Evstafeyvich Zaharopulo, Kazakhstan Homicide
Ratan Kumar Dey (52) India Homicide
Rogelio Miang (50) Philippines Homicide
Rolando Intas (57) Philippines Homicide
Sayar Singh (50) India Homicide
Sean Prendergast (52) UK Died
Shagin Ivan Alekseevich (66) Kazakhstan Homicide
Stany Ezoa Aderedbho DRC Homicide
Suresh Rai (40) Nepal Homicide
Taweesak Chomyong (33) Thailand Homicide
Tavus Momberg (29) South Africa Animal
Tran Thanh Tung Vietnam Accident
Turishchev Dmitry Petrovitch (38) Kazakhstan Homicide
Unnamed Game Ranger Kenya Homicide
Unnamed Game Ranger Kenya Homicide
Unnamed Game Ranger DR C Homicide
Unnamed Game Ranger Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
unnamed Park Rangers Nigeria Homicide
Unnamed Forest Guard India Accident
Vitaly Fedorovich Sinyakov Kazakhstan Homicide
Wilner Pelos Colorita (52) Philippines Homicide
Zakaria Ibrahim Chad Homicide
Zakhele Mphofu Swaziland Homicide