British Troops drafted In to save Elephants from Al-Shabaab Terrorists

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ELITE British soldiers are being drafted in to help frontline forces fighting Al Shabaab terrorists who are slaughtering elephants and rhinos to fund their war on the West.

By: Stuart WinterPublished: Sun, November 10, 2013

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Terrorists are slaughtering elephants and rhinos to fund their war on the West Terrorists are slaughtering elephants and rhinos to fund their war on the West [GETTY]

Troops from 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment will support Kenyan wildlife rangers trying to stop the trade in “black ivory”.

The Al Qaeda-linked group is funding its terrorist activities selling so-called “blood ivory” and rhino horn on the black market. Every month it is thought to earn the Somali terror group £400,000.

The profits allow them to pay jihadist fighters £75 a week to carry out atrocities such as the one which left 67 dead in the Westgate shopping centre attack in Nairobi.

Tackling poaching as well as highlighting the global impacts of wildlife crime and habitat destruction has become the driving force of Britain’s new initiative, If They’re Gone.

Prince Charles and Prince William revealed the increasing threats to some of the planet’s most iconic creatures when they hosted a summit at Clarence House earlier this year. Delegates were told the illegal wildlife trade was now worth £12billion a year.