A Kenyan wildlife ranger inscribes markings on the 775 elephant tusks, weighing around 1300 kg (2900 pounds), that was seized by the port police at the container terminal destined for Malaysia in the coastal town of Mombasa July 3, 2013. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
MOMBASA (Reuters) - Kenyan officials seized 775 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 1.3 tonnes in the port city of Mombasa hidden under fish for export and destined for Malaysia from Uganda, they said on Wednesday.
Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa, where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants for tusks and rhinos for their horns that are often shipped to Asia for use in ornaments and some medicines.
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