William pays warm tribute to elephant conservationist

THE Prince of Wales has expressed his sadness at the death of conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who spent six decades studying and campaigning to protect African elephants.

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Save the Elephants, the charity he founded in 1993 to try and safeguard the animals, announced on its website last week the death of the elephant expert and the leading light of conservation in east Africa.

Mr Douglas-Hamilton was also an ambassador for Tusk, the African wildlife conservation charity William supports as royal patron and spent time with the prince in Africa.