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

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

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

  • Checking a rhino horn (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)

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