The illegal killing of elephants and rhinos continues to escalate across the country, amidst ever increasing clamour for stiffer penalties for convicted poachers. The adoption of the new Wildlife Act would see to that. However, the Act continues to sit pending before Parliament, as it has done for close to 12 months.
Calls to treat the poaching of Kenya's iconic species as organized crime, or "economic sabotage" continue to be ignored by the judiciary. Witness the recent case of 4 Chinese nationals each fined USD 340 after being found in possession of USD 24,000 dollars worth of illegal ivory.
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