Više od 200 javnih lica, uključujući i trojicu afričkih predsjednika, okupilo se u Keniji na trodnevnom skupu posvećenom borbi protiv krivolova slonova. Kenija je završila summit spaljivanjem 105 tona bjelokosti, a predsjednik Uhuru Kenyatta je obećao da će podržati potpunu zabranu trgovine bjelokošću.
Afrički predsjednici o zaštiti slonova
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Kenya Wildlife Service Director General Kitili Mbathi, center left, and Kenya Wildlife Service chairman Richard Leakey, center right, speak with attendees at Kenya’s ivory burn, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.
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Ivory tusks are stacked to be burned in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016. On Saturday, 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn were destroyed in a bid to stamp out the illegal ivory trade.
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Ivory piles begin to burn at Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016. On Saturday, 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn were destroyed in a bid to help stamp out the illegal ivory trade.
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Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta watches 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn being destroyed in a bid to stamp out the illegal ivory trade, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.