2 traffickers arrested with 3 okapi skins

2 traffickers arrested with 3 okapi skins! Abel led the action in West Nile area with the Ugandan authorities. This is the second time the Ugandan team exposed a previously unknown International trade in Okapi skins. The Okapi, often called "forest giraffe" is an endangered relative of the giraffe that can be found only in Ituri forest in DRC. This giant animal is one of the oldest surviving mammals on earth. The stripes it has on its behind helps in camouflage as it looks like streaks of sunlight filtering through the trees. These stripes are unique to each individual and used for identification so you can say his ID is on his butt.
The traffickers confessed to have traded other okapi skins in the past highlighting once again the illegal trade in such an endangered animal.