And there are armed groups that make a living off of instability. If you look at this horrible killing in the mall in Kenya, by Al-Shabaab, it's an example of how all of these things are out of balance. They were allegedly retaliating against Kenyans for going into Southern Somalia to try and keep Al-Shabaab from infiltrating Kenya. And there is a good chance, relative to our interdependence, that the operation which probably didn't cost more than a $100,000 or $150,000 dollars was funded by the illegal trade in ivory, which if it continues at the current rate will mean virtually all the elephants in Africa will disappear in the next twenty years. This is one reason Hillary and Chelsea are working so hard on that is that. Yes, it's a resource conservation issue. Yes, elephants are highly intelligent and are wonderful animals and deserve to inhabit the Earth. And yes, it's necessary for the continuation of tourism in a lot of places, but their murder is financing a great deal of illicit activity in the world today. And we know that Al-Shabaab, in some years, gets as much as 40% of its income from illegal ivory sales.

— Bill Clinton

U.S. President