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Agence France-Presse

A British soldier serving in Malawi as part of an anti-poaching operation has been killed by an elephant, the UK’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.
Mathew Talbot was on patrol in Liwonde National Park on Sunday when the incident happened, said a spokesman.

“He was killed by an elephant,” the spokesman said, explaining that Talbot died later of his injuries.
“This tragic incident is a reminder of the danger our military faces as they protect some of the world’s most endangered species,” Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt said in a statement.
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The presence of well-equipped British forces in the 530-square-kilometre (205-square-mile) Liwonde park has been reassuring for rangers who routinely confront gangs of poachers armed with Kalashnikovs.
Prince Harry, who visited the park in 2016, is the public face of the anti-poaching project that began that year.




Talbot’s commanding officer Ed Launders said he was “determined and big-hearted” and had volunteered for the mission to Malawi.
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“He was hugely proud of his work as a counter-poaching operator and tragically died doing great good,” Launders said.
Talbot enlisted in 2013 and last year attended a multinational training exercise in Kenya.


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British soldier Mathew Talbot killed in Malawi by elephants he was sent to protect

British soldiers on an anti-poaching operation in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park. Photo: AFP

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 14, 2017 British Trooper and Counter Poaching Operator Samuel Knuckey (2nd R) and Malawian born British soldier Sergeant and Counter Poachinh Operator Kingsley Kachoka (L) speak with participants after taking them through a demonstration of field tactics for countering poachers during Counter Poaching Training course for Game Rangers at the Liwonde National Park in Machinga District South Eastern Malawi. - A British soldier was killed by an elephant during an anti-poaching operation on May 5, 2019 in Malawi, the defense ministry said on May 7. Mathew Talbot, 22, from Birmingham (central England), was "killed by an elephant while patrolling Liwonde National Park" in central Malawi, where British soldiers have been helping since 2017 the "rangers" to find the poachers who decimate elephants and rhinos. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)

Chinese tourist seriously injured by elephant after getting out of car in middle of nature reserve

Yunnan is home to hundreds of Asian elephants. Photo: Xinhua

=== PHOTO CAPTURED FROM WEIBO === === PHOTO CAPTURED FROM WEIBO === A female tourist has been seriously injured by a wild elephant after getting off her vehicle in a national nature reserve in southern China earlier this week. The woman, identified only by her surname Ye, was traveling with her family and accompanying her child to urinate beside a public road in Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan province, when the large mammal approached, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.  Picture by WEIBO

=== PHOTO CAPTURED FROM CHINA.COM === A female tourist has been seriously injured by a wild elephant after getting off her vehicle in a national nature reserve in southern China earlier this week. The woman, identified only by her surname Ye, was traveling with her family and accompanying her child to urinate beside a public road in Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan province, when the large mammal approached, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.  Picture by CHINA.COM

Suspected rhino poacher is killed by an elephant and devoured by lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park

A White rhino at the Kruger National Park, in Africa on May 01, 2018. [27MAY2018 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Kate Whitehead

Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) at the Kruger National Park, in Africa on May 02, 2018. [27MAY2018 FEATURES POST MAGAZINE] CREDIT / Kate Whitehead

National Parks Board official Manie Coetzee among some of the stockpiled elephants tusks in a storeroom in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa Monday Oct. 21, 2002. A proposal to sell off ivory stockpiles will be taken next month at a meeting of the Convention in International Trade on Endangered Species to be held in Chile.

An elephant emerges onto a road during a safari at Mkuze Falls Game Reserve in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo: Shutterstock

Cheers as six baby elephants, trapped in mudhole, are rescued by rangers in Thailand

In this photo released by Thailand’s Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation on Thursday, Trangers prepare to extract six baby elephants stuck in a muddy pond at Thap Lan National Park, northeastern Thailand. Photo: AP

In this photo taken and released by the Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Thursday, March 28, 2019, Thap Lan National Park rangers prepare to extract six baby elephants stuck in a muddy pond at Thap Lan National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima province, in northeastern Thailand. Park rangers took five hours to dig out a path to save six elephant calves after they were found trapped in a muddy pond. (Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation via AP)

In this photo taken and released by the Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Thursday, March 28, 2019, Thap Lan National Park rangers prepare to extract six baby elephants stuck in a muddy pond at Thap Lan National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand. Park rangers took five hours to dig out a path to save six elephant calves after they were found trapped in a muddy pond. (Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation via AP)

In this photo taken and released by the Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Thursday, March 28, 2019, two of six baby elephants are stuck in a muddy pond in the Thap Lan National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand. Park rangers took five hours to dig out a path to save six elephant calves after they were found trapped in the pond. (Department of Natural Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation via AP)

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Talbot was on patrol in Liwonde National Park on Sunday when the incident happened, a spokesman for the UK’s defence ministry said


Mathew Talbot was on patrol in Liwonde National Park on Sunday when the incident happened, a spokesman for the UK’s defence ministry said.


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British soldier Mathew Talbot killed in Malawi by elephants he was sent to protect

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Talbot was on patrol in Liwonde National Park on Sunday when the incident happened, a spokesman for the UK’s defence ministry said

Talbot was on patrol in Liwonde National Park on Sunday when the incident happened, a spokesman for the UK’s defence ministry said