Kenya Sets Fire To Elephant Tusk Stockpile

Close on the heels of Kenya, which recently set on fire over a hundred ton of its ivory stockpile, experts in India are planning a similar provision to destroy the "white gold" to send a strong message against poaching.

Eleven giant pyres of tusks will be set on fire today as Kenya torches its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants.

Close on the heels of Kenya, which recently set on fire over a hundred ton of its ivory stockpile, experts in India are planning a similar provision to destroy the "white gold" to send a strong message against poaching.

Eleven giant pyres of tusks will be set on fire today as Kenya torches its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants.