Kenyan government burn large stockpile of ivory

World Today

Kenya has set ablaze a huge stockpile of ivory and rhino horn – the biggest ivory burn in history.

More than 100 tons of ivory and rhino horns were lit.

The East African nation says it wants to highlight the poaching crisis and put it beyond economic use.

CCTV’s Clementine Logan has this reports.


Jen Samuel discusses the ivory trade

For more on the ivory trade and how it effects the elephant population in Africa, CCTV America’s Susan Roberts spoke to Jen Samuel, founder and president of Elephants DC, an animal advocacy nonprofit group.