Kenya loses 873 elephants

Kenya lost 873 elephants through poaching between the year 2011 and 2014, reports from the Kenya Wildlife Service indicate. The numbers are a concern to wildlife conservationists and the country at large since poaching is heavily affecting Kenya’s tourism business. Tourism is the country’s biggest source of foreign exchange earnings after tea exports. Wildlife lovers across the country have raised alarm over the senseless killing of wildlife across the country by money hungry poachers under pressure from the swelling global demand for ivory in China and Thailand, according to Traffic, a...