Confiscated ivory in front of Ol Pajeta Conservancye office. With the corona pandemic wreaking such unprecedented havoc on the local economy, an increase in poaching was only to be expected. The years of clashing with the Somali mercenary militias, who often trade ivory and rhino horns to finance armaments, have put the rangers in good fighting shape. And probably the biggest change regarding poaching was the introduction of zero tolerance with life in prison for captured poachers.