WORLD BRIEFING / KENYA
Two men pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court to illegally possessing 1,500 pounds of elephant tusks in what was believed to be the largest seizure of illegal ivory in recent years, a Kenyan official said.
The two were charged with illegal possession of ivory and failure to report their ivory stock, said George Osuri, the senior warden of Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, where the seizure was made. They face up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $125.
Rangers and police arrested the two -- a Kenyan and a Tanzanian -- Saturday when the Kenya Wildlife Service acted on a tip about planned ivory smuggling, Osuri said. Ivory is illegal if is not from pre-1989 stockpiles or from an elephant shot by a ranger, for example, for reasons of safety.
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