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Joseph Okanga / Reuters
A Kenya Wildlife Service warder inspects a section of elephant tusks. Police in Kenya have seized two tonnes of ivory worth $1.15 million, the biggest haul on record in the East African country.
By James Macharia, Reuters
"This is a big catch, the biggest ever single seizure of ivory at the port of Mombasa," said Kiberenge Seroney, the port's police officer in charge of criminal investigations.
"We fail to understand where one gathers the courage to park such enormous quantities of ivory, hoping that they can slip through our security systems."
Poaching is a growing problem for sub-Saharan African countries reliant on rich wildlife in their game reserves to draw foreign tourists. Full story
Joseph Okanga / Reuters
A worker arranges elephant tusks recovered from a container on transit, at the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Jan15.
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The scum that buy that stuff, they should be laying their next to the tusks.
There should be a flat 10 year prison sentence "across the world....every country, the entire continent" for ANYONE poaching, selling, buying, even just possession of any ivory of any species of animals. Disgusting !
I don't get it!!! I've seen Ivory in many shapes and carvings. What's the attraction? it looks like plastic. as far as the "medicinal benefits" go - Viagra and chemo, nuf said.
Punishment should be to rip the teeth out of the buyers & poachers with a pair of dirty greasy plyers & then sent into the hole for a year!