Kenyan elephant activist wants an ivory arrest

Published August 12, 2014 1:37pm ET



NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A conservationist is urging Kenya’s police to arrest what her group says is the “ivory kingpin” of Kenya.

Wildlife Direct chief executive Paula Kahumbu on Tuesday delivered a petition with nearly 400 signatures on it to Kenya’s inspector general of police. The petition urges the arrest of Feizal Ali Mohamed, whom Wildlife Direct alleges is a Mombasa-based businessman evading an arrest warrant in relation to a massive ivory seizure in June.

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