George Gilman Rushby
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George Gilman Rushby (1900 in
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– 1968 in
Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
), was an
elephant hunter Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...
,
poacher Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set a ...
, prospector, farmer, forestry officer, and
game warden A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician or technologist, game warden, forest ranger, forest watcher, forest gu ...
. He was responsible for the hunting down of The Man-eaters of Njombe - a pride of lions that had killed and devoured over 1500 people, reputedly under the influence of a witchdoctor named Matamula Mangeraaa. These events, albeit somewhat fictionalised, were featured in an episode of the
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docudrama Manhunters. As the Senior Game Ranger of Tanganyika, George Rushby first proposed the
Ruaha National Park Ruaha National Park is a national park in Tanzania. The addition of the Usangu Game Reserve and other important wetlands to the park in 2008 increased its size to about . The park is about west of Iringa. The park is a part of the Rungwa-Kizigo ...
in 1949. He also helped ensure the park was gazetted in 1951.


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rushby, George Gilman 1900 births 1968 deaths English hunters British expatriates in Tanzania