Wednesday, February 13, 2013

638 Illegal Elephant Tusks Found at Kenyan Port | Redux

638 Illegal Elephant Tusks Found at Kenyan Port

Ngorongoro Crater Safari - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania, Africa
Ngorongoro Crater Safari - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania, Africa by David Berkowitz
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Customized authorities took 638 pieces of illegal elephant ivory estimated to be worth $ 1. 2 million at Kenya's primary harbor, evidence of what wildlife officials explained Wednesday as a growing hazard to East Africa's elephants. The ivory was in a container predestined for Indonesia and was found late Tuesday, said Gitau Gitau, the Kenya Revenue Authority policeman in charge of the harbor. Gitau said the tusks were from Tanzania. Files said the container was holding slabs of ornamental stones,. The seizure happens a week after 12 elephants were gotten rid of in a Kenyan park and their tusks chopped off. Elephant poaching is on the grow across Africa since of enhanced need from Asia-- particularly from China-- for ivory trinkets. Poor African villagers could make huge amounts for killing an elephant and taking its tusks.

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FieldTerminology: elephant tusks

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Organization: Kenya Wildlife Service

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Country: Kenya

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Region: East Africa

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