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Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

May 03, 2016, at 12:58 pm

New York, May 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As African leaders soundly rejected “those who think our natural heritage can be sold for money,” senior United Nations officials expressed support for Kenyan-led efforts to end illegal wildlife trade during a weekend ceremony in Nairobi where tonnes of elephant tusks and rhino horns were burned to protest poaching, which is pushing several iconic species to the brink of extinction.