No Suspects in Killing of Eccentric American, a Kenyan Wildlife Expert<br />Mr. Martin, who once served as a United Nations special envoy on rhino conservation, was considered a true expert on the ins<br />and outs of the ivory and rhino horn trade, with deep contacts among traders, carvers, their families and other researchers.<br />Daniel Stiles said that He’s totally harmless and I’m sure he didn’t put up any resistance,<br />"He brought that whole quantitative element that helped get the public’s attention." His work, which focused on prices, weights<br />and trading mechanisms for ivory and rhino horn, might have seemed dry, but Mr. Martin was hardly boring.<br />Several fellow conservationists said it was Mr. Martin’s clear data<br />that had helped persuade Western and Asian governments to take a harder look at the ivory and rhino horn trade, responsible for one of the most destructive bouts of poaching in modern times.<br />No doubt he had made many enemies, writing report after report<br />that exposed the depth of the ivory and rhino horn trade across the world that has killed tens of thousands of endangered animals.<br />Years ago residents nicknamed the city "Nai-robbery." Mr. Martin arrived in Kenya in the 1960s, the son of a rich family<br />from New York, Mr. Stiles said, after having studied geography at the University of Arizona and in Liverpool.
