Demand for illegal ivory is still strong

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Uganda's Elephant under siege

New Vision
Gerald Tenywa
Kampala

LADIES in the Far East wait with ready cash to buy ivory bangles. Thousands of miles away in Africa, wildlife officials are gnashing their teeth.

The insatiable appetite for the precious ivory in Japan, China and Hong Kong to make over 100 products, besides bangles, has been blamed for the illegal killing of elephants.

In the latest incident, armed poachers mowed down seven elephants including a baby near Tangi River, deep in Murchison Falls National Park.

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