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
The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo was an organization formed June 3, 1916 in Topeka, Kansas. The organization's headquarters were located in the Hamilton Building at Sixth and Quincy Streets. Modeled after the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben from Omaha, Nebraska, the organization was "...entertaining the Democratic population of Topeka and delegates to conventions in this city with the mystic degree work." Its ritual told the story of an Assyrian pirate crew marooned on a south sea island and contained a total of three degrees. The first initiation was held on June 7, 1916 during Merchants'