Poaching of endangered species for supply in the black market is increasing at an alarming rate, with the illegal trade estimated to be worth one trillion shillings annually. Elephants and rhinoceros are targeted for their tusks and horns across the globe.The high appetite by particularly the Southeast Asian countries, where ivory products and rhino horns are viewed as status symbols and used as ingredients in traditional medicine, partially fuels poaching. What loopholes do the traders capitalize on to evade the law? In the continuing series: Battle for the Jumbos, Samson Kitavi looks at the challenges facing the global ban on ivory and how some countries are circumventing the law to cash in on the illegal trade.
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