09 October 2013, 11:49
boerbokribKenya officials find ivory hidden in sesame seed bags
http://www.news24.com/Green/Ne...e-seed-bags-20131008Nairobi - Kenyan officials are counting and weighing more than 1 600 pieces of illegal ivory found hidden inside bags of sesame seeds in freight travelling from Uganda to Kenya's major port city, Mombasa.
Kenya Wildlife Service official Arthur Tuda said that smugglers hid small pieces of ivory inside hundreds of 90kg bags of seeds. Tuda said officials have found 1 642 ivory pieces weighing nearly five tons in two shipping containers bound for Turkey.
Tuda said the seized ivory, discovered by officials last week, did not come from recent kills. He said no suspects were in custody.
Wildlife officials are alarmed at the increasing number of African elephants and rhino being killed to feed demand in Asia, particularly China, for ivory and rhino horn powder.
09 October 2013, 15:02
Bos en Dal Safari'sIs this ever going to end???
09 October 2013, 19:05
Andrew McLarenquote:
Originally posted by Dutch44:
No.
Dutch
+1
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BaxterBquote:
Wildlife officials are alarmed at the increasing number of African elephants and rhino being killed to feed demand in Asia, particularly China, for ivory and rhino horn powder.
Bastards...
10 October 2013, 05:59
jdollarquote:
Originally posted by Bos en Dal Safari's:
Is this ever going to end???
no- as long as the Chinese live in the 16th century mindset and believe wildlife products of all sorts cure everything from impotence to arthritis..
10 October 2013, 10:23
fujotupuquote:
Originally posted by Bos en Dal Safari's:
Is this ever going to end???
If anything, its going from bad to worse!
10 October 2013, 17:30
Milo ShanghaiJust because there is demand does not mean it has to be met. This is a local African issue. The short and long term solution cannot be reverse engineered, it needs to be dealt with at source. Africans have to take responsibility for their own problems.
quote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
quote:
Originally posted by Bos en Dal Safari's:
Is this ever going to end???
no- as long as the Chinese live in the 16th century mindset and believe wildlife products of all sorts cure everything from impotence to arthritis..