In Uganda, a court convicted an ivory dealer. He is sentenced to life imprisonment. This is the longest sentence for such crimes in the history of the country.
In Uganda, a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for selling ivory.
The BBC writes about this .
As it became known, the man was arrested in January this year. With him he had two pieces of ivory weighing about 10 kilograms. During the investigation, the trafficker was charged with harming protected animals.
“This is an outstanding achievement in our war against the illegal wildlife trade in Uganda. We must do everything possible to protect our wildlife, otherwise history will judge us harshly,” said UWA Executive Director Sam Mwandha.
There are just over 7,900 elephants left in the wild in Uganda – both forest and and savannah elephants. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies forest and savanna elephants as endangered.
As a result, a man who tried to sell ivory was sentenced to life in prison.
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