An official crackdown has nearly halved the amount of ivory poached in Kenya, however corruption in the country makes it a route for the illegal trade.

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Four bodyguards and a driver from Kenyan police’s  ministerial protection unit were expecting to pocket five-and-a-half-thousand dollars from their illegal ivory deal.

The Kenyan Wildlife Service has redoubled efforts to stop the trade.

30 000 elephants are killed in Africa every year by poachers.

Kenya’s  planning to torch 120 tonnes of Ivory seized from poachers and smugglers.

It will be the biggest Ivory bonfire  Kenya’s ever staged.

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