00:00British-born zoologist and founder of Save the Elephants, Ian Douglas Hamilton, has died at the age of 83.
00:08The news was confirmed on Tuesday by the conservation group he founded.
00:12Douglas Hamilton was renowned for decades of conservation work, pioneering the use of trackers and collars to protect elephants from poaching.
00:21He passed away on Monday in Kenya.
00:23He played a crucial role in exposing the ivory poaching crisis and documenting the loss of more than half of Africa's elephants in just a decade.
00:33His work contributed to the 1989 decision to ban the international trade in ivory.
00:38The Ugandan Conservation Foundation remembered him as a generous leader who shared his expertise widely, inspired action and empowered those working to safeguard elephants.
00:47Hamilton is survived by his wife, Aurea, their two daughters and six grandchildren.
00:53The Ugandan Conservation Foundation
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