A county ward representative from the Meru County Assembly has proposed the adoption of new laws to prevent poaching of elephants where ivory recovered from the poachers and other dead elephants is sold to traders outside the country and the money gotten used to enhance protection of the animals. Alfa Chabari who was speaking at the Meru County Assembly said countries in the West Afrcan states have adopted the move and money that is earned from the sale is used for employing youths to guard the poached animals. “There is no need of burning the ivory recovered from dead and poached elephants...
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