Two Tons of Illegal Ivory Seized in Kenya

Image credit: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez More than two tons of illegal ivory were seized when conservation officers in Kenya found it in boxes labeled “avocados” destined for Malaysia. The seizure, made at Nairobi’s international airport, included 317 individual elephant pieces and five rhino horns. It was the largest find of its type in several years and a clear sign, officials said, that poaching in Kenya is on the rise…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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