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NAIROBI, Kenya — Authorities at Ethiopian and Kenyan airports have seized more than 2,600 pounds of bloodstained ivory from about 100 illegally killed elephants, the director of Kenya’s Wildlife Service said Wednesday.
Julius Kipng’etich said trained dogs sniffed out a consignment of bloodstained tusks at Kenya’s national airport late Tuesday. Another shipment of tusks sent by the same individual had been seized Monday at the airport in Ethiopia’s capital. Both shipments were sent as unaccompanied luggage to Bangkok.
Police have launched an investigation, and wildlife officials said they will continue to patrol the airport with dogs. Elephants develop strong social bonds and can even identify family members by their bones.
