Former NBA star and Chinese icon Yao Ming inspects the corpse of a poached elephant
in Namunyak, Northern Kenya. Yao is on a fact-finding mission with international
conservation group WildAid as part of a campaign to reduce the demand for ivory
products in China, the main destination for illegal ivory. Since 2008, elephant
poaching has been on the rise, according to Save the Elephants and the Kenya
Wildlife Service. Follow Yao’s journey through Africa at http://yaomingblog.com 
Photo Credit: Kristian Schmidt for WildAid