Poaching of Elephants continue in Uganda

Police arrests three over elephant poaching Death toll from Oyam accident climbs to five held over elephant poaching The elephant according to the police was killed by unknown people in the area last week but the trio removed the tusks and started looking for market.Suspected poachers display with elephant tusks at Nwoya police station. The police in Nwoya district have arrested three men over alleged poaching and illegal possession of wild life products. The trio identified as Ayella Bob, Okello Eric and Otema Justin are all residents of Anaka village. It was at this point that the Natural Resource Conservation Network leant of the deals and alerted police. According to Otema, they were going to sell the tusks at sh300, 000 a kilogram, one tusk weighs 27kg and the suspects had two. The elephant that was killed by unknown people in Murchison Falls National Park .The suspects according to police have been transferred to Gulu police station. "Elephants are under threat with an increased demand for ivory both locally and international market, half a dozen of elephants are killed every year by ivory hunters from the national parks like Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison and Bwindi.