The deadly side of wildlife conservation

Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers. For game rangers, protecting wildlife has become a life-threatening mission. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI

East Africa is renowned for the teeming wildlife that attracts millions of tourists from around the world annually.

But lurking in the shadows, the menace of poaching has been growing and in the past two decades has taken on a deadly dimension that has seen not just seen the decimation of wildlife species but also the killing of game rangers who are at the forefront of wildlife conservation.