Kenya’s Tourism May Be A Double-Edged Sword

Wildlife in Kenya is gaining global attention as recent incidents involving large scale poaching of elephants and rhinos and the broader crisis of habitat loss and subsistence poaching are appearing in the international media. The local tourist trade has made some official statements of concern for the potential impact of declining wildlife numbers on their businesses, but at the same time some in the industry have voiced objections to the potential negative impact of the publicity of these poaching incidents...