Vietnam destroys trafficked elephant tusks, rhino horns

More than 2 tonnes of elephant tusks and 70kg of rhino horns seized while illegally transported in and out of Vietnam were destroyed in Hanoi on November 12.

This is the first time Vietnam has destroyed such a large amount of trafficked elephant tusks and rhino horns (Photo: VNA)

(Photo: VNA)

Professor Samuel Wasser from Washington University, US, takes samples for DNA tests. (Photo: VNA)

(Photo: VNA)

Samples are taken for DNA tests to find out the origin of the tusks and horns (Photo: VNA)

Checking a rhino horn (Photo: VNA)

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said he is committed to fight animal trafficking. (Photo: VNA)

Tusks to be crushed (Photo: VNA)

Crushed elephant tusks will be burned at about  1,200°C (Photo: VNA)

Representatives of international organisations light the fire to burn rhino horns (Photo: VNA)

(Photo: VNA)

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