Photo by @farahkhad "105 tons of ivory (representing some

Photo by @farahkhad "105 tons of ivory (representing some 10,500 elephants), 1 ton of rhino horn, numerous animal skins, sandalwood, etc, are set to burn on Saturday.

It all seemed surreal to me until I held one of the tusks in my arms and noticed it was blood-stained, evidence of the brutal way it was acquired.

Some stats: a kilo of rhino horn is worth about $67k. The average horn is between 7-9 kilos. A kilo of ivory is worth about $6k. The average elephant yields 10 kilos of ivory.

You do the math.

An elephant generates an estimated $1.6m in tourism revenue during its lifetime. That means these 10,500 elephants were worth about $17 billion alive. Let that marinate for a minute and tell me they're not #WorthMoreAlive." Photo selected by @santicarneri #handsoffourelephants #JoinTheHerd #savetheelephants #antipoaching #wildlife #conservation #ivoryfree #stopthetrade #lightafire #savetherhinos #nairobinationalpark #africa #rhino #poaching #elephant #ivory #nairobi #kenya #everydayeverywhere #ff

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