Vietnam destroys ivory from 330 elephants and 23 rhinos killed by poachers

Vietnamese authorities have destroyed more than two tonnes of seized elephant ivory and rhino horns ahead of a key international conference on wildlife trafficking.

Vietnam destroys ivory from 330 elephants and 23 rhinos killed by poachers

Vietnamese authorities have destroyed more than two tonnes of seized elephant ivory and rhino horns ahead of a key international conference on wildlife trafficking.

The 2,200kg (nearly 5,000lbs) of seized material - estimated to be worth more than seven million dollars (€6.4m) on the black market - came from some 330 African elephants and 23 rhinos which were slaughtered by poachers.

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