The United Kingdom has warned that profits from illegal ivory trade may be used to fund terrorism unless urgent action is taken to stem the vice.
The UK is now calling for a concerted effort from the international community to end the poaching menace before it takes the new form.
Speaking Monday at an event bringing together wildlife conservation organisations in Nairobi, UK Minister for Natural Resources Richard Benyon warned the international community against treating poaching in Kenya as an isolated incidence.
He said there is need to act with urgency to curtail poaching that has escalated despite various intervention measures.
He said this even as 600 pieces of ivory worth Sh100 million were intercepted at the Port of Mombasa last month headed for Indonesia.
“This is not a Kenyan or African problem but an international crisis,” Mr Benyon said.
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