Kenya Uses Paramilitary, Drones to Stop Elephant Killings
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Kenya deployed paramilitary forces and plans to acquire drones to fight poaching of rhino and elephant populations in the East African nation where wildlife parks help draw almost 2 million visitors a year.
“Wildlife underlies an important and growing role in Kenya’s economy because of the wildlife-based tourism industry,” Richard Lesiyampe, principal secretary in the ministry of environment and natural resources, said today in the capital, Nairobi. “Poaching of our indigenous species, especially elephants and rhinos, has to stop.”