Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects

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“We are happy because Uganda will not be used anymore as a transit point” for smugglers of wildlife products, he said. Smugglers take advantage of porous borders in Africa’s Great Lakes region to move illegal wildlife products around, he said.

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Uganda has about 5,600 elephants still left the wild. Although their numbers have been rising in recent years, elephants face sporadic poaching, sometimes with the help of corrupt wildlife officials.

Uganda’s government recently set up a canine unit to help curb the illegal trade in wildlife products.

Africa had 1.3 million elephants in the 1970s but has less than 500,000 today. Experts warn that if the ivory trade is not stopped, elephant populations could plummet.

Ivory is treasured as a status symbol in China, where it is often carved into small trinkets. China recently said it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017.

Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press