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Kenya used as illegal ivory trade route  SUNDAY NATION
Sunday July 25, 2010 By FRED MUKINDA and BENJAMIN MUINDI Posted Tuesday, July 20 2010 at 21:00 In Summary
Kenya has become a safe route for cartels involved in illegal ivory trade. Investigations have, however, cleared Kenya of being the source of elephant tusks and ivory products seized in parts of the world in recent months. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), working with Interpol, is now trying to identify key people running the cartels responsible for the dwindling number of elephants. The trafficking of game trophy through Kenya has exposed the relaxed surveillance at the country’s entry and exit points. Investigations show that the 2,000 kilogrammes of elephant tusks seized in Vietnam in May came from Selous National Park, one of the biggest conservation centres in Tanzania. However, the consignment was shipped through the port of Mombasa. …
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government not friendly toward saving animals
Mon, 2010-10-18 05:16 by jenseymann1
I have written twice this eve and in the registering process lost both! I am tired from the effort, but I just want you to know, Cyntha, that I would love to work with you until I can't work any more. I fell in love with Christian the lion and his friends, incl George Adamson, and his Australian men-friends, and applied to work in Kenya in several capacities(on official applications to Kenya and in Tanzania), but didn't hear a word back
It grieves me the way you have to let endangered animals die when you should be able to help them live. E.g., Echo's daughter was sent antibiotic, but not enough, therefore died a slow, painful death. Elsa the lion was sent medicine so late that it arrived half an hour after her death. Elsa's cub was speared. He was allowed to be given meat by Joy Adamson, but not allowed to have his wound treated.
Jensey Mann--teacher in Univ. and hs for 30 years; M.A. in counseling, also.
Take care, and carry on with blessings.