A famed scientist and founding former chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service urged Kenyas president on Wednesday to invoke emergency measures to protect the countrys elephants and rhinos from a poaching crisis sweeping Africa. Richard Leakey also said the Kenyan Wildlife Service has been infiltrated by powerful people enriching themselves off poaching. Kenyas poaching ring leaders are known, he said, but the government has taken no action. He did not give names. Leakey, whose family has been investigating the origins of man for decades in Kenyas Turkana region, urged Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to overhaul management at the wildlife service. I call on him now personally to take the next step and get this under control, Leakey told a packed news conference at a Nairobi hotel. Its not an impossible task. I think the right leadership, the right management, can get it under control within six months.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:49:06 +0000
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