Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Gunmen kill `Born Free' lion expert Adamson

KORA NATIONAL RESERVE, Kenya Gunmen ambushed and killed Britishconservationist George Adamson of Born Free fame and two of hisemployees near his remote Kenyan homestead, police and a survivorsaid Monday.

The retired Kenyan game warden and hunter was gunned down whenthree men in military-style uniforms fired on his utility vehiclewith automatic rifles, said Mohamed Maru, an employee who survivedthe Sunday attack.

Adamson, 83, and his late ex-wife, Joy, became famous for theirwork in releasing captured lions to the wild, which she described inher book Born Free.

Richard Leakey, Kenya director of wildlife conservation andmanagement, said the killing was …

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