President Robert Mugabe’s decision to export elephants, zebras, giraffes, warthogs, rock hyraxes and spotted hyenas to North Korea is a shame to Zimbabwe and Africa.
How can one justify the dishing out of some of Africa’s richest resources to the president of another nation as a gift? It is feared that these animals, especially the elephants, which are an endangered species, will not reach Pyongyang, their intended destination, alive.
Recently, we celebrated when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora rejected proposals for a one-off sale of ivory during a meeting in Qatar.
In order to protect our precious resources, we must lobby to put a stop to this inhumane act.
{Catherine Chumo, Nairobi}
