Wayne Lotter
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Wayne Lotter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 December 1965 |
| Died | 16 August 2017 (aged 51) |
| Occupation | Conservationist |
| Years active | 1987–2017 |
Wayne Lotter (4 December 1965 – 16 August 2017) was a South African wildlife conservationist. Lotter was one of the co-founders of the PAMS Foundation, a non profit conservation organisation based in Tanzania. Lotter also previously served as Vice President of the International Ranger Federation.[1]
Having obtained a master's degree in nature conservation in the 1990s,[2] Lotter began working in the non-profit and government wildlife protection sectors. He worked initially as a ranger in South Africa. He was a co-founder of the PAMS Foundation which trained thousands of young Africans in conservation.[3] Lotter was involved in funding the National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit in Tanzania which had successfully pursued a number of high-profile ivory traffickers.[4]
In a 2015 interview with Newsweek Lotter was described as "enthusiastic and charismatic".[5]
Lotter was asked to take part in the 2016 Netflix documentary The Ivory Game but requested that rangers employed by the foundation be featured instead.[6]