More than 200 people, including three African presidents, gathered in Kenya for a three-day anti-poaching summit to find ways to stop the slaughter of Africa’s elephants by protecting at least 50 percent of these animals and their landscapes by 2020. African countries were also encouraged to destroy their ivory stockpiles. Kenya ended the summit by burning 105 tons of ivory Saturday, and President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged his support for a complete ban on the ivory trade.
African Presidents Vow to Step Up Efforts to Save Elephants
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At the conclusion of a three-day anti-poaching summit, Kenya burned 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, at Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.
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Kenya Wildlife Service rangers photograph themselves at a massive burn of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn at the end of a three-day anti-poaching summit, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.
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A three-day anti-poaching summit held in Kenya sent a united message to the world -- #stopthetrade -- that elephants are worth more alive than dead, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.
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Firefighters stand guard as 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn were burned, at Nairobi National Park, Kenya, April 30, 2016.