Illegal wildlife trade The defenders Top ivory investigator murdered in Kenya Esmond Bradley Martin, whose groundbreaking investigations helped the fight against elephant poaching, died after being stabbed at home in Nairobi Esmond Bradley Martin was one of the world’s leading ivory-trade experts, whose investigations shone a powerful spotlight on global wildlife markets. Esmond Bradley Martin, 75, died after being stabbed in his house in the Nairobi suburb of Langata on Sunday. But ivory and rhino horn are hugely profitable and are an important revenue source for traffickers, although the banning of ivory sales in China last year is believed to have brought ivory prices down. Bradley Martin, a geographer by training, played a crucial part in bringing this international black market to global attention. “No one was doing this at that point,” Dan Stiles, who worked with Bradley Martin for many years, told the Guardian.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2018 10:49 UTC