Two Belgian youths were accused of being abducted after being discovered with thousands of ants packed with test tubes, which, according to Kenyan officials, suits the new trend of transmitting in small and less known creatures.
19 19, Larnaoy David and Sepaway Loddevigs were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants and did not cover up the disruption compared to a magistrate in Nairobi. They were comforted by family members in the family room.
He told the magistrate that they were fun to have their ants and did not know that it was illegal.
In a separate criminal proceedings, Kenyan tennis Naganga and Vietnamese to Hung Nuen were accused of being illegally abducted in the same court after having 400 ants.
In a statement from KWS (KWS) in a statement in a statement, the ant smuggling of markets in Europe and Asia was a great and red -colored ant in the native to East Africa.
Not only does it illegally export ants but also compromise Keni’s sovereignty rights on their biodiversity, but it loses local communities and intelligence agencies for potential environmental and economic benefits.
Kenya has already fought against the smuggling of some parts of the body of large types of wild animals, such as elephants, rhinos and bangolines in the past.
But the cases against four men are “change in trafficking tendencies – less known from the big iconic mammals but the environmentally critical species.”
Both Belgians were arrested in Kenya’s Nakuru County, where many national parks are located.
There were 5,000 ants found in the guesthouse, where they were placed in 2,244 rehearsal pipes, filled with cotton, allowing ants to survive for several months.
The other two were arrested in Nairobi, where they found 400 ants in the apartment.
Kenyan officials evaluated the ants of one million Celine (6,819 euros). Ant prices vary greatly depending on the species and the market.
Philip Murathi, Vice President of the Africa Wildlife Foundation in Nairobi, is a major role in ants in the soil enrichment, allowing sprouting and providing food to creatures like birds.
“The problem is that when we see a healthy forests, we do not think about making it healthy, just like the Enkang forests. This is the relationships established in all ways from bacteria to ants and big things,” he said.
Murathi warned of the risk of trafficking and export of disease to the agricultural sector of target countries.
Advertisement“Despite a trade, it must be controlled. No one should fit our resources this way,” he said.
The case was adjourned until April 23, and the court will analyze the previous reports of the verdict.
However, all four suspects will be detained.
