Torching Elephant Tusks in Kenya
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki sets on fire an illegal ivory stockpile, July 20, 2011 at the Tsavo National Park, southeast of Nairobi. Kibaki ignited nearly five tons of ivory stockpiled in the country since being seized in Singapore nearly a decade ago — destroying some 335 tusks and 42,553 pieces of ivory carvings at the Manyani wildlife rangers training institution in eastern Kenya. (Tony Karumba / AFP – Getty Images)
JULY 20: An illegal ivory stockpile goes up in smoke at the Tsavo National Park, southeast of Nairobi, Kenya. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)
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