Kenya seizes ₹13.5 crore-worth ivory bound for Cambodia
Kenya has seized 1.97 tonnes of smuggled ivory, worth $2 million (around ₹13.5 crores), after recalling a shipment bound for Cambodia following intelligence reports, officials said. Although elephant poaching has decreased since 2011, reports suggest it remains "unacceptably high" because well-armed criminal gangs continue to kill elephants to sell their tusks for use in ornaments and medicines.