Elephant hunting in Kenya at least one member of "Kenya's royal family" (the Kenyatta) had shipped over six tons of ivory to China. In the 1970s, 1900 elephants were killed in Kenya for their ivory tusks, increasing to 8300 elephants in the 1980s. In 1989, as a dramatic gesture to persuade the world to halt the ivory trade, President Daniel arap Moi ignited twelve tons of elephant tusks. In the 1990s the widespread ban on commercial ivory trading reduced the industry to a fraction of what it had been and elephant populations have stabilised. But illegal poaching and sale on the black market still
Ot Pi Ot Pi Ot Pi is a Spanish bike-trials rider, often regarded as the man responsible for the discipline's origin. He has won several world titles and is featured on a number of videos that showcase the sport. Ot Pi (aka "Hot Pie") Isern made his U.S. debut at the age of 17 at the Mammoth Mountain World Mountain Bike Championships in August 1988 where he easily clinched the Trials competition. His fluid style and signature 360-degree dismount from atop boulders, logs and planks, drew crowds and amazed all onlookers. As Zapata Espinoza wrote in his racing re-cap: Ot Pi is