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The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has said Kenya does not support re-opening of trade in products obtained from endangered species like rhino horn
The Tourism ministry statement said, “As a country, Kenya’s position is that rhino horn trade should not be legalized.” It added that the decision not to legalize rhino horn trade was reached after considering the high levels of poaching and trafficking of endangered species.
The statement further added that it is worrisome that poaching cases are still reported even though the country has not achieved the animals’ population growth target. “Illegal trade in rhino horn has reached its highest levels since … 1990s. Last year 2,000 rhino horns from Africa went into illegal trade, according to conservation body Traffic.”
The statement added that there are less than 25,000 rhinos left in Africa and that legalizing ivory trade will worsen the current poaching crisis.