The war on poaching needs backing of all

By roping in China and the US in the protection of wildlife, the Government is undertaking a pragmatic approach to fight poaching.

The menace, threatening to wipe out Kenya’s heritage needs a multi-pronged approach, seeing that wildlife trafficking has become lucrative, more widespread and organised. For instance, there is high demand for elephant trophies and rhino horns in Asian countries such as China and Vietnam where the affluent use them to make ornaments. A campaign to dissuade the market against buying the animal-made decorations should be initiated in such countries.