On 18 July 1989, the former President of Kenya Daniel Arap Moi set fire to a 6m high pile of 2,000 elephant tusks weighing 12 tons and worth $3 million worth of ivory - the entire stockpile from 4 years confiscations from poachers in a highly publicised event to demonstrate commitment to save the African Elephant from mass slaughter and extinction due to the lucrative ivory trade.
One of the earliest photographs of foreign ivory hunters.
One of the earliest sketches of the Ivory trade. The slaves could carry the tusks for more than 200 km.
On 18 July 1989, the former President of Kenya Daniel Arap Moi set fire to a 6m high pile of 2,000 elephant tusks weighing 12 tons and worth $3 million worth of ivory - the entire stockpile from 4 years confiscations from poachers in a highly publicised event to demonstrate commitment to save the African Elephant from mass slaughter and extinction due to the lucrative ivory trade.
History of the Ivory trade
Ivory Thermometer, 1800s.
Ivory teeth, 1800s
Ivory sword handle, 1800s
Ivory cabinet, 1800s
Commercial from early 1900s.
Ivory piano keys from 1950s.
The illegal wildlife trade is annually worth more than
19 billion US dollars.
The Western Black Rhino was declared extinct in 2013.
Don't let this happen to the elephants as well.
