Burn it for only elephants should wear ivory

Three things are occurring at almost the same time, thereby making for a great confluence. First, the Tenth Parliament has resumed sittings after recess and several crucial Bills are lined up for discussion. Among these is one seeking to revise the Wildlife Act and protect wildlife migratory routes to minimise human-wildlife conflict.

Second, 4,967kg of ivory will be torched today at the Kenya Wildlife Service’s Manyani Field Training School are part of a 6.5-tonne cache impounded from poachers and game traffickers. Third is the human exodus to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve to witness the Eighth Wonder of the World as over half a million wildebeest and thousands of zebra hooves try to avoid crocodile jaws and hungry big cats to reach the Serengeti.