Africa: To Burn or Sell Ivory - Which Can Put an End to Elephant Poaching?

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Tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their tusks. The Kenyan government plans to burn more than 100 metric tons of ivory, the most ever to be destroyed. But can burning ivory really help end poaching?

A towering pyre of burning ivory - it's a powerful image, and one that the Kenyan government hopes will send a clear message: the illegal trade in ivory, which kills around 30,000 elephants across Africa every year, will not be tolerated.

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