A stockpile of more than 100 tonnes of ivory from some 8,000 animals was set alight near Nairobi on Saturday, to highlight the threat to endangered species.
The stockpile of elephant tusks and rhino horns in a game reserve near Kenya's capital would have been worth an estimated 130 million euros to smugglers.
But the country's president, who lit the fire, wanted to send a message that trade in ivory - which poses an increasing risk to the species - must be stopped.
"Poaching and trafficking w…
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