Ethiopia has long been a favorite destination for foreign wildlife traffickers who buy endangered animals and ivory from local poachers, enjoying a loophole in the Ethiopian law. However, under new rules, a person who tries to tame, poach, or traffic wild animals or their products illegally without the consultation of the authority shall be fined or given a prison term. In order to save the animals captured by poachers, the EWCA (Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority), in collaboration with Born Free, opened the Wildlife Rescue, Conservation, and Education Centre (Ensessakotteh) in 2008. The center shelters different animals, including lions, cheetahs, tortoises, apes, and monkeys, all captured from different corners of the country by illegal poachers.
Link: Turkish Weekly