100 tons of ivory burned in Africa; estimated at $250 million on black market

May 1, 2016

Yesterday, over one hundred tons of was  in Kenya. The elephant ivory's estimated worth on the was about $170 million and the rhinoceros ivory's around $70 million. The fire was lighted by the Kenyan president,.

Celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio, , , and Elton John were also there.

director Kihili Mbathi says the ivory has no worth for them. Only the living animals matter. Kenya, Tanzania, and other countries heavily affected by illegal hunting of elephants have varying policies on this matter. Tanzania saves every piece of ivory, while Kenyans burn the monetarily valuable ivory each year. Mbathi also says the burning of ivory is meant to stimulate discussion of a global ban against all ivory buying and selling.