2,000 tusks aflame in large burn of poached wildlife goods
Source: Washington Post
April 19 at 1:55 PM
YAOUNDE, Cameroon Some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks and hundreds of finished ivory products erupted in a ball of fire Tuesday as Cameroonian authorities conducted what was believed to be one of the largest burnings of poached wildlife goods in African history.
Setting the pyre aflame in a sandy square in Cameroons capital, Samantha Power, Americas U.N. ambassador, joined Cameroonian officials in hailing the ceremony as symbolic of their commitment to win the war against illegal smuggling of animal products.
Central Africas forest elephants have declined in number by two-thirds between 2002 and 2012.
All of our countries can and must do more, Power said. The burning sends a clear message, she added, that the only place ivory belongs and the only value ivory has is on elephants.
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boomer55
(592 posts)I am 100% against hunting animals for sport, trophies or crap like this. Till the governments decide to annihilate with extreme prejudice the buyers this will continue until whatever animal is being killed is completely gone. No buyers...no killings. pretty simple
narnian60
(3,510 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Elephants are not guns.