Editing Richard Leakey (section)

===Plane crash===
In 1993, a small propeller-driven plane piloted by Richard Leakey crashed, crushing his lower legs, both of which were later amputated.<ref name="natgeo-obit" /> Sabotage was suspected but never proven.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Leakey Tries to Save the Elephants—Again|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/05/richard-leakey-tries-save-elephants-again-267099.html|last=EDT|first=Graham Boynton On 08/28/14 at 6:33 AM|date=28 August 2014|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> While in the hospital, Leakey told President Moi, a religious man, not to pray for him, but act on matters pending for the Kenya Wildlife Service.<ref name=humanistinterview>Ryan Shaffer, [http://thehumanist.com/july-august-2012/evolution-humanism-and-conservation-the-humanist-interview-with-richard-leakey/ "Evolution, Humanism, and Conservation: The Humanist Interview with Richard Leakey"], ''The Humanist'', 29 June 2012.</ref> Thereafter, Richard Leakey walked on [[artificial limb]]s.<ref name="guardian2001"/> Around this time the Kenyan government announced that a secret probe had found evidence of corruption and mismanagement in the Kenya Wildlife Service. An annoyed Leakey resigned publicly in a press conference in January 1994.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lorch |first1=Donatella |title=Noted Kenya Conservationist Resigning in a Political Storm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/15/world/noted-kenya-conservationist-resigning-in-a-political-storm.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 January 2022 |date=15 January 1994}}</ref> He was replaced by David Western as the head of the Kenya Wildlife Service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leakey Renamed KWS Director |url=https://www.awf.org/news/leakey-renamed-kws-director |website=African Wildlife Foundation |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en |date=1 January 1998}}</ref>

Richard Leakey wrote about his experiences at the Kenya Wildlife Service in his book ''[[Wildlife Wars|Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leakey |first1=Richard |last2=Morell |first2=Virginia |title=Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIeWAwAAQBAJ |publisher=Macmillan |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 September 2001|isbn=9780312206260 }}</ref>