Samburu tribesmen in Kenya have handed over more than 240 pounds (100 kilograms) of illegal elephant tusks in response to a warning that rampant ivory poaching in their area could hurt tourism there, officials said Wednesday.
The Samburu in central Kenya have established seven conservancies around the Samburu Game Reserve in the past 10 years, with tented camps for safaris. Tourism is one of Kenya's key foreign exchange earners and last year was estimated to earn the country about $738 million.
The Kenya Wildlife Service had approached communities around the game reserve, saying poaching could lead authorities to label it an insecure area for tourists, said …
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