Sri Lanka: Over 350 confiscated elephant tusks destroyed

Sri Lanka has destroyed 359 elephant tusks on 26 January, after paying tribute with a Buddhist ceremony for the wild animals who lost their lives for them. John Scanlon, the Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, attended the event with Sri Lankas Wildlife Minister, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera. Jan 26, 2016