VIDEO: Why containing Ivory market is a global challenge

In 1989, the world came together and resolved to ban the trade of ivory. 27 years down the line poaching of the now threatened species of elephants and rhinoceroses still goes on at an alarming rate.

Conservationists say the demand in the Far East nations is to blame for the mess situation. Sam Gituku looks into one of the most thriving black markets that could fund Kenya’s annual budget and why it remains a challenge to stop the vice.