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Through the use of world-class life sciences tools, capabilities and processes, Kenya will leapfrog older crime fighting techniques to enhance the capabilities to protect our biodiversity.

Using scientific procedures to examine, identify, and compare evidence from crime scenes, and to link the evidence with a suspect and a victim, which is specifically an animal or plant, it’s a sure way to enact progressive and stringent policies that would deter criminals as well as adopt modern technology that would assist the criminal justice system to effectively convict and grant appropriate sentences as prescribed in law to wildlife crime perpetrators.

Poaching is one of the most serious crimes investigated by wildlife forensics. The modern DNA-based molecular methods will aid in the fight against the poaching of endangered and protected species, and in the prevention of cruelty to animals. The laboratory will enable our continent to fight against poaching and offer services for all African countries especially those in the East and Central regions that are battling this new, dangerous and bloody trade.

Let’s all bridge the gap between conservation genetics and law enforcement.

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Poaching; the looming shadow

Meet a man who has dedicated his life for the love of animals. With over 2000kms of walk turked into his body muscles, wildlife will be save from thirsty poachers. In this photo Mr Jim Nyamu prepares to walk in Nairobi city along other Kenyans in a campaign "Ivory belongs to elephants campaign". 

Poaching in Kenya is going to be a shadow of the past with all these wonderful cohension from the government, stakeholders, wildlife lovers, and the world at large.

Jim is the director of a non governmental organisation Elephant Neighbours.In the meantime, plans are due to launch a world class forensic lab at Kenya Wildlife Service headquaters to oversee a collection of wildlife species DNA databank to protect wildlife species from exploitation. This information will also be used in Courts on wildlife crime matters and to trace the origin of trophies.
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