Gorillas are valued at USD 400 000, and rhino homs can earn traffickers up to USD 65 000 per kilogramme. While the full extent of the wildlife trafficking industry in Sub-Saharan Africa is unknown, the deleterious effects of poaching on local ecosystems and wildlife populations are gruesomely visible. Endangered w ildlife in coastal East Africa includes marine turtles, African elephants, black and w'hite rhinoceroses, great white and whale sharks.