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This R&D provides resources on Kenya’s anti-poaching effort. The country burned $150 million worth of ivory last week as a statement of the government’s resolve to fight the illegal destruction of national wildlife. The bonfire consumed the tusks of 8,000 elephants and 343 rhinos that the government seized in recent years. Asian demand for ivory has grown since the 1990s, providing a lucrative market for poachers. Critics say that the burning was not needed, that the money made from the ivory could have been used for wildlife conservation, and that it will make poaching worse by removing a significant percentage of ivory from the global market.
Koigi Wamwere: Seventeen ways to end mass poaching in Kenya https://t.co/JJpFey8v7e pic.twitter.com/dzMuM2EdJx
— The Star, Kenya (@TheStarKenya) May 8, 2016
Kenya has just burned $110m worth of ivory. Why? https://t.co/MKIkpfFR6U pic.twitter.com/iEDM3PIum9
— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 6, 2016
Kenya burns $150 million worth of ivory to protest illegal elephant poaching https://t.co/pYm5WbxxJb pic.twitter.com/BC22NnUdaT
— Mic (@micnews) May 8, 2016
Kenya burned over 100 tonnes of Ivory. But the frontline fight against illegal poaching has a long way to go: https://t.co/ukR0E7Fvyp
— The Independent (@Independent) May 4, 2016
Elephants are worth more alive than dead. End the ivory trade. #JoinTheHerd https://t.co/VGjWKFcRVD
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) May 3, 2016
#India 2 follow #Kenya‘s example by burning it’s ivory stockpile as a deterrent to poaching https://t.co/S4ZrTWHZbw pic.twitter.com/CS7IU7rOnN
— wildlifedirect (@wildlifedirect) May 11, 2016
Fire burns ivory and rhino horn confiscated in Kenya. The rest of our week in photos: https://t.co/ZVvnLDSBfO pic.twitter.com/xw9z44jMK7
— Maclean’s Magazine (@MacleansMag) May 8, 2016
Giants Club elephant summit: Kenya calls for end to ivory trade – BBC News https://t.co/M7cpVJX6h7
— HeartGiraffes (@HeartGiraffes) May 2, 2016
#Kenya sets ablaze 105 tons of ivory, in largest ivory burn in history, to raise awareness of poaching crisishttps://t.co/N1SQgNLlsy
— National Geographic (@NatGeoMag) May 2, 2016
NZ Herald coverage of Kenya burning huge pile of ivory tusks to protest poaching impact on ele numbers https://t.co/YRh1J4Z6vz via @nzherald
— Virginia Woolf (@giniawf) May 2, 2016