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Seized ivory ready for the burn in Libreville, Gabon, in a ceremony to symbolise Gabon’s commitment to ending poaching and other wildlife crimes. An estimated 5,000 to 12,000 elephants are killed each year for their ivory. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba last year created an elite military unit whose mission is to secure Gabon’s parks and to protect wildlife, especially against poaching and illegal trade of ivory and the confiscated ivory was a product of this crackdown Photograph: James Morgan/WWF-CANON VIA AP IMAGES

Seized ivory ready for the burn in Libreville, Gabon, in a ceremony to symbolise Gabon’s commitment to ending poaching and other wildlife crimes. An estimated 5,000 to 12,000 elephants are killed each year for their ivory. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba last year created an elite military unit whose mission is to secure Gabon’s parks and to protect wildlife, especially against poaching and illegal trade of ivory and the confiscated ivory was a product of this crackdown

Photograph: James Morgan/WWF-CANON VIA AP IMAGES

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#ivory  #crime  #wildlife crime  #trafficking  #wildlife trafficking  #gabon  #poaching  #illegal trade  #elephant  #tusks  #animals  #queue  
∞  July 14, 2012 at 08:57pm
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