Kenya
Wildlife authorities in Kenya have impounded close to one million dollars worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns, after the ivory was uncovered at Kenya's main airport.
The ivory was being smuggled from poachers in southern Africa and was destined for illegal markets in Asia authorities said on Tuesday. The 300kg of horns and tusks was uncovered in crates on a Kenya Airways flight from Mozambique. T
he Director of Kenya's Wildlife Services, Julius Kipng'etich said the animals were probably poached from Tanzania, Zimbabwe or South Africa since Mozambique has few elephants and no rhinos.
The shipment was destined for Laos but Kipng'etich said the final destination was probably China.
"Most of the ivory that's going into illegal trade these days is going into the Asian market, Tom Milliken of Traffic", told RFI.
"Thailand represents the largest unregulated ivory market in Asia at this time," he says.
"From 2004 to 2006 there was a rapid increase in the illegal trade in ivory," he added.
Source:rfi
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