Rory Young, Co-Founder & Ceo, Chengeta Wildlife. It is with deepest sorrow and regret that Chengeta Wildlife confirms the death of Rory Young, our co-founder and CEO. Rory was leading a wildlife protection patrol in Arly National Park, Burkina Faso on 26th April 2021 when they were attacked by terrorists which resulted in his death and that of ...

28/04/2021 · The company identified the Irish victim as Rory Young, director of the Chengeta Wildlife Foundation. Young was the subject of a July 2020 PBS NewsHour profile, detailing his wildlife preservation ...

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28/04/2021 · We Honor Rory Young It takes a special person to dedicate their life to protecting wildlife in the most dangerous places in Africa. Rory Young was such a person. He was killed yesterday in a firefight in Burkina Faso (West Africa), literally putting his life on the line as he did so often. We mourn the personal and professional loss of a ...

28/04/2021 · AN IRISH conservation worker has been killed in Burkina Faso. Father-of-two Rory Young has been named among a group of foreign visitors who were abducted and killed during an anti-poaching patrol. The special wildlife unit of around 40 people, including several military personnel, was ambushed by gunmen on Monday morning. Spanish journalist David Beriáin, 44, …

05/05/2021 · THE HARROWING details surrounding the killing of Irish conservationist Rory Young in Burkina Faso have emerged in the international press. Young was murdered along with Spanish journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile after the anti-poaching patrol they were travelling with was ambushed by jihadis.

28/04/2021 · Zambian-born Rory Young, CEO and founder of anti-poaching organisation Chengeta Wildlife, and two Spanish journalists have been killed near Pama nature reserve in Burkina Faso. The victims were part of an anti-poaching patrol that was attacked on Monday, April 26. Burkina Faso officials later confirmed the deaths of Young and Spanish ...