#  Sri Lanka Destroys Illegal Elephant Tusks - The New York Times 

 





February 26, 2016

 

 

> Officials crushed 1.5 tons of ivory, making Sri Lanka the first South Asian nation to publicly destroy ivory obtained through elephant poaching.

Source: *[Sri Lanka Destroys Illegal Elephant Tusks - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/world/asia/sri-lanka-destroys-illegal-elephant-tusks.html)*



 

 

 



 

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