The Global Elephant Protection Initiative has today hailed Kenya for her strong stand against ivory trade.
The EPI affirms that Kenya has done well in drawing the world’s attention on the impacts of trading in elephant trophies and why it must be stopped in all the remaining markets.
These remarks come after the meeting between the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) team in the company of Kenyan delegates.
The First lady noted that EPI is providing both immediate and longer-term funding to implement the African Elephant Action Plan and is also closing all domestic ivory markets.
The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) also campaigns for a 10 year moratorium on any consideration of future international trade.
This is until the African elephant populations are no longer threatened.
Last year, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta called for shutting down of all wildlife trophy markets in the world because they fuel poaching of precious species.
She said the war against poaching will never be won as long as there are countries that encourage and support trade in wildlife trophies.
The commitment to bring Ivory trade is indeed getting recognition in the global space and this will fuel the vision of shutting down of wildlife trophy markets.