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Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:47 PM Jun 2014

Kenya at the crossroads: it’s time to root out the elites who control wildlife crime

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/africa-wild/2014/jun/06/kenya-at-crossroads-time-to-root-out-wildlife-crime-elites

The announcement of the seizure on Thursday (June 5th) of more than 200 elephant tusks in a motor vehicle warehouse in Mombasa was a rude but necessary awakening for us in Kenya.

This huge haul, following a tipoff to local police authorities, confirms Mombasa’s pivotal role as a transit point for smuggling ivory out of Africa.

The photographs show some gigantic tusks, undoubtedly from Kenya’s greatest tuskers. One enormous tusk in particular stood out; it can surely be linked to an individual elephant.

These can only have come from killing fields in Kenya’s flagship National Parks, like Tsavo, Marsabit, Samburu and Masai Mara.The last refuges for these magnificent animals are no longer safe havens, and are under siege by increasingly well-armed and equipped poachers.
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Kenya at the crossroads: it’s time to root out the elites who control wildlife crime (Original Post) xchrom Jun 2014 OP
Kick for people who still think we are the "superior species". (n/t) Nihil Jun 2014 #1
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