China is banning their ivory trade — a huge step for protecting elephants | NowThis

19K views · 242 reactions | This machine ate more than a ton of ivory today. The global ivory trade is currently responsible for the slaughter of up to 35,000 elephants a year (that’s 96 elephants per day, or one elephant every 15 minutes). In protest, the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System crushed more than one ton of ivory today in Times Square. #IvoryCrush | CNBC | Facebook

More than 100 tonnes of ivory – from thousands of elephants – has been set alight in Kenya with the intention of ending illegal poaching. But there are doubts over whether this will really deter poachers, cut demand – and even if the ivory will burn. | Channel 4 News

82K views · 952 reactions | BREAKING: UK ivory ban becoming law is...

5K views · 316 reactions | The UK has announced a national ban on the commercial elephant ivory trade. “Today, elephant conservation received a tremendous boost,” said WCS President and CEO Cristián Samper in a statement. | Wildlife Conservation Society | Facebook