Kenya: Poaching Not Out of Control - PS

4 September 2014

THE Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has dismissed calls for the declaration of poaching as a national disaster.

In a report presented to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources in Parliament on Wednesday, PS Richard Lesiyampe said the declaration would be akin to declaring Kenya's protected areas insecure and would deal a major blow to the ailing Tourism industry.

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