Eight rangers killed in grim week for wildlife protectors

Rangers lost their lives in Kenya, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India

Eight wildlife rangers have lost their lives in four separate countries, in a week that highlighted the numerous hazards rangers face in protecting the world's wild lands and species.

"It's a tough week when we lose eight of our ranger family; some to poachers' bullets and some to the other dangers that come with the territory," said Sean Willmore, founder and director of the Thin Green Line Foundation, which supports widows and children of rangers killed in the line of duty.