Sri Lanka Destroys Its Stock Of Illegal Ivory – And Apologizes To Elephants

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A total of 359 elephant tusks were destroyed at a ceremony in Colombo. AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian country – and the 16th in total – to destroy its stockpile of confiscated illegal ivory. A total of 359 elephant tusks were crushed during a public ceremony in Colombo, attended by government officials, diplomats, schoolchildren and representatives of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).