How safe are the ivory, rhino horn stockpiles in EA vaults?

An illegal ivory stockpile is burned at the Tsavo National Park on July 20, 2011. PHOTO | FILE |

Conservationists fear that elephant tusks and rhino horns stored in strong rooms and other protected areas in some African countries could be finding their way into the black market, which could complicate the war against poaching.

The worry comes in the wake of a new study by the Save The Elephants organisation, which shows that prices for illegal ivory have increased tenfold in the recent past.