Elephant tusks to be burned in protest
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TRUCKLOADS of elephant tusks arrived in the Kenyan capital yesterday, collected from across the east African nation ahead of the world’s biggest burning of ivory later this month.
The mass burning, the vast majority of its ivory and rhino horn stockpile, will amount to over 100 tons of ivory, seven times the size of any ivory stockpile destroyed so far, as well as 1.35 tons of rhino horn.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Director-General Kitili Mbathi said the ivory will be set on fire “in protest at the continued slaughter of the country’s most iconic species.”
The highly publicized and symbolic gesture against poaching will be led by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The tusks were transported under heavy security from regional strongrooms in national parks to KWS headquarters in Nairobi.
“The ivory, which is being transported from Voi, Mombasa, Nanyuki and other parts of the country, will make up a significant proportion of an estimated 106 tons of elephant tusks to be set ablaze on April 30,” the service said in a statement.
The mass burning is expected to be attended by international celebrities, actors, conservationists and heads of state.
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