Rhino horn destroyed by Mozambique. Credit: David Chambal / Wildlife Conservation Society
Service Commends Mozambique’s Destruction of Elephant Ivory, Rhino Horn
July 10, 2015
The Service today commended Mozambique for taking a public stand against illegal wildlife trade by destroying 2.4 tons of elephant ivory and 86 pieces of rhino horn weighing more than 420 pounds. Rampant poaching is taking its toll within Mozambique, which has lost 48 percent of its elephants in just the past five years. It is the 10th country to destroy confiscated illegal ivory since the Service held its first ivory crush in November 2013.
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