Yerlan Nurgaliev was killed while trying to protect antilopes
He was killed while trying to protect antelopes… Over a year later, justice has been served.
This man was killed while trying to protect these antelopes
On January 13, 2019, in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Nurgaliev, a forest ranger, was on patrol with a colleague when they noticed fresh car tracks on the ground. In this remote area, that could only mean one thing: poachers. The two men began to pursue them.
This region is home to saigas, antelopes on the brink of extinction that are illegally hunted for their horns. The forest rangers knew they had to act fast. Once they’d caught up with the vehicle, they fired warning shots to get the poachers to stop. The traffickers got out of the car and beat up the two rangers.
2 days later, Yerlan Nurgaliev died from his wounds in hospital. It’s the first time a representative of Okhotzooprom, the agency that protects Kazakhstan’s wildlife, has been killed by poachers.
His death has touched the Kazakh people for whom Yerlan Nurgaliev has become a symbol of integrity. In Almaty, the country’s largest city, a monumental portrait of the forest ranger has been painted on a building to pay homage to him and to demand that justice be done.
On February 21, 2020, the Karangada court delivered its verdict for the 3 poachers accused of having killed Yerlan Nurgaliev: life in prison.
Brut.
54 comments
Robert M.
03/30/2020 16:56BitterSweet, Bad Ending for Brut ... Good ending for the Poachers...♥️🙏
Tamara M.
03/29/2020 19:53Im glad they got justice
Laura D.
03/28/2020 14:30Anyone that kills a wildlife officer they should have been killed
Irmtraut H.
03/27/2020 12:54Probable the trump boys wanting another trophy !
Raquel M.
03/26/2020 15:27Rest In Peace
Larry G.
03/24/2020 01:58I'm confused...who fired the warning shots;the good guys?..or the poachers,because if the bastards didn't have a gun,I would have crippled them with live fire power..that really messed up what they did to that dude.
Suzanne M.
03/21/2020 19:40At least those 3 poachers won't be doing it again Prayers for all of the Rangers and their families
Terry P.
03/19/2020 18:10WONDERFUL THEY CAUGHT THE POACHERS AND JUSTICE WAS SERVED NEEDS TO BE THAT WAY EVERYWHERE
Lynetta S.
03/19/2020 17:45So sad that his family and the world lost this caring, loving man. So very glad that his killers were caught and prosecuted. They should have taken them out and shot them.
Joanna M.
03/19/2020 06:09Rest in Peace!
Joanna M.
03/19/2020 06:09Rest in Peace!
Kay L.
03/19/2020 03:54Prayers for his family. Thank you for protecting wildlife. Need more men like him
Je C.
03/18/2020 02:30life in prison, yeah, life, how about death in prison
Francie F.
03/17/2020 22:20So, at least the 3 killers are in a cage for life.
Donna L.
03/17/2020 20:01A Well deserved sentence!!
Kathy S.
03/16/2020 18:43I'm glad the poachers got punished
Kathy S.
03/16/2020 18:40those snoggle-nosed antelope are really endangered
Helen B.
03/16/2020 16:55That is so sad
Janice S.
03/16/2020 14:52Glad justice was served ,❤️❤️🙏🙏,thank you for your sacrifice
Gaspar R.
03/15/2020 20:10You will not be forgotten my hero....! The same happened to one of my country Honduras, indigenous leader and protector of our rivers and mountains Berta Cáceres.