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Black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa
Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Laos.
The haul included 16 elephant tusks and black rhinoceros horns. Officials said the blood on the ivory suggested the animals had been killed very recently.
The flight - which stopped in Nairobi - originated in Mozambique and was bound for Thailand and then Laos.
The haul of ivory may have had a value of about $1m (£614,000), Reuters reports.
Officials from Kenya's Wildlife Service said the ivory might have come from Tanzania or South Africa.
The black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa.
The international ivory trade has been banned since 1989. The sale of ivory is illegal if the ivory is not from pre-1989 stockpiles.
However, some countries have done little to enforce the ban.
Black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa
Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Laos.
The haul included 16 elephant tusks and black rhinoceros horns. Officials said the blood on the ivory suggested the animals had been killed very recently.
The flight - which stopped in Nairobi - originated in Mozambique and was bound for Thailand and then Laos.
The haul of ivory may have had a value of about $1m (£614,000), Reuters reports.
Officials from Kenya's Wildlife Service said the ivory might have come from Tanzania or South Africa.
The black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa.
The international ivory trade has been banned since 1989. The sale of ivory is illegal if the ivory is not from pre-1989 stockpiles.
However, some countries have done little to enforce the ban.
when you post some thing like dis, would you give us more inf. about it. e.g. who is the owner of the coffins and why these coffins heading to laos ? i m not accused you anything, but it's looking like you try to take bad picture on laos. please more detail on the air line company, the owner of the cargo coffins !
He just posted an article from a news source, he doesn't know anymore than what is there!
As far as the ivory, that is appaulling. To me, it's just odd that objects like this are still desired in this day in age when you can have luxury cars and expensive HDTVs. Very saddening.
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