News Headline

Guns will not win the war against elephant poachers

Source
Guardian (UK)

Publication Date
2013-07-12

Despite best efforts we are not winning the war on poaching. A massive seizure of 1.5 tons of ivory in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on 3 July flies in the face of threats against poachers and dealers by the Kenya government, and yet ivory traffickers continue unabated. In the first six months of 2013 more than 7.5 tons of ivory was seized in the country - more than was seized in all of 2012.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers