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Elephant Population In Danger After Biggest Single Mass Shooting In Kenya

Description:Wildlife officials are worried as police on the Kenyan coast seized two tons of ivory worth 100 million shillings ($1.15 million) on Tuesday (January 15), the biggest haul on record in the east African country. Poaching is a growing problem for sub-Saharan African countries reliant on rich wildlife in their game reserves to draw foreign tourists. Heavily-armed criminals kill elephants for their tusks and rhinos for their horns, which are used for ornaments and in some folk medicines. Kenya Wildl (2:01)

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