The Kenya government destroyed more than 100 tons of elephant ivory in the largest burn of its kind ever, in the hopes of combating the illegal ivory trade and killing of elephants. The burn represented the tusks of more than 6,500 elephants killed, and also included more than a ton of rhino horns.
Read Wildlife Watch’s report “Kenya Sets Ablaze 105 Tons of Ivory.”: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160430-kenya-record-breaking-ivory-burn/
Learn how you can save elephants: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/elephants/
Learn more about rhino poaching: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/rhino-wars/gwin-text
Fighting Rhino Poaching with Guns, Drones, and Dogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqoC2EJUN-w
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