A senior manager for environmental crime investigations at South African National Parks was stormed and killed by a hippo on Saturday while camping in the Kruger National Park.
was one of SANParks’ senior managers in its environmental crime investigative unit based at Groenkloof in Pretoria.
In a statement on Sunday, SANParks said details of the incident were still sketchy and that an investigation was underway. “SANParks executive management sends out sincere condolences to his immediate family, friends and the SANParks family,” it said.“He was very dedicated and helpful and committed to his work. Most of the arrests that we make, we made especially outside [the Kruger National Park] because that was his expertise, tracing people outside,” Phaahla said.
“Remember that when we catch people in the park, we are reacting. But it’s more proactive outside — doing investigations, getting information and following up on that — and also to cement relations between ourselves and the law enforcement officers, agencies, outside like the Hawks and the DPCI [Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation] because we don’t have jurisdiction outside the park.
“So, he forged those relations, he forged the relations between ourselves and the Mozambican counterparts. He was a very, very resourceful person.”
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