‘I Dreamed of Africa’ Author and Conservationist Is Shot in Kenya<br />message that said, "2 Arsons by herders and shooting reported." She added in a separate bubble: "Fire ongoing." On Sunday morning, Mrs. Gallmann, 73, was driving across her vast ranch to visit a lodge<br />that the raiders had just ransacked. that A few days later, she sent another<br />As she drove back from the lodge in her car, with the wildlife rangers chugging along behind her, she saw a group of raiders on a hill, friends said.<br />"More weapons, more young men without role models, without prospects, without an education, without a future." She seemed to sense, even before she was shot,<br />that she was dealing with people who had nothing to lose.<br />Analysts say the violence between herders and landowners is worse in Laikipia this year because of the elections<br />and because of the severe drought that has desiccated much of eastern Africa.<br />Over the next few hours, wildlife rangers, a British Army field medic and doctors in Nairobi, the capital, raced to save her life.<br />This past week, violence broke out across Kenya during primary balloting — a worrying sign for many Kenyans, who already dread elections<br />because they often bring out the worst in the country, raising ethnic tensions and leading to bloodshed.<br />After Mrs. Gallmann was shot on Sunday morning, wildlife rangers fired back at the raiders, who fled into the bush.
