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Richard Leakey started his career following in the footsteps of his famous parents with discoveries of early hominid fossils in East Africa. His most famous discovery was that of Turkana Boy in the Koobi Fora area near Lake Turkana. Turkana Boy was a nearly complete skeleton of a 9-year-old hominid who died 1.5 million years ago.
In 1989 Richard Leakey was appointed the head of the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) by President Daniel Arap Moi in response to the international outcry over poaching of elephants and the impact it was having on the wildlife of Kenya. With characteristically bold steps Leakey created special, well-armed anti-poaching units that were authorized to shoot poachers on sight. The poaching menance was dramatically reduced. Impressed by Leakey's transformation of the KWS, the World Bank approved grants worth $140 million.
Richard Leakey, President Arap Moi and the KWS made the international news headlines when a stock pile of 12 tons of ivory was burned in 1989.
Richard Leakey's confrontational approach to the issue of humans-wildlife conflict in national parks did not win him friends. His view was that parks were self-contained ecosystems that had to be fenced-in and the humans kept out. Leakey's bold and incorruptible nature also offended many local politicians.
In 1993 Richard Leakey's lost both his legs when his propeller-driven plane crashed. Sabotage was suspected, but never proved. In a few months Richard Leakey was walking again on Artifical Limb s. Around this time the Kenyan government announced that a secret probe had found evidence of corruption and mismanagement in the KWS. An annoyed Leakey resigned publically in a press conference in January 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an. He was replaced by the less charismatic David Western as the head of KWS.
Richard Leakey wrote down his experiences at the KWS in his book Wildlife Wars: My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap.
In MayThis article is about the month of May. For other uses, see May (disambiguation). May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. It may have been named for the Roman goddess Maia or more likely for the Roman goddess of fertili 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja Richard Leakey joined a group of Kenyan intellectuals in launching a new political party - the Safina Party. "If KANU and Mr. Moi will do something about the deterioration of public life, corruption and mismanagement, I'd be happy to fight alongside them. If they won't, I want somebody else to do it," announced Richard Leakey. The Safina party was routinely harassed and even its application to become an official political party was not approved till 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t.
In 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep, Moi had to appoint Richard Leakey as Cabinet Secretary and over-all head of the civil service at the insistence of international donor institutions as a pre-condition for the resumption of donor funds. Leakey's second stint at civil service lasted till 2001 when he was forced to resign again.
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