Illegal ivory stash destroyed
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span> 6.1 <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="seized">seized</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="zero">zero</span>-<span word="tolerance">tolerance</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="poachers">poachers</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="haul">haul</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dongguan">Dongguan</span>, <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span> <span word="confiscated">confiscated</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="tolerate">tolerate</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="trafficking">trafficking</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Jianlong">Jianlong</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Forestry">Forestry</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span>, <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span> <span word="watchdog">watchdog</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="forestry">forestry</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Customs">Customs</span> <span word="pulverized">pulverized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="items">items</span>, <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="about">about</span> 200 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($33.04 <span word="million">million</span>), <span word="at">at</span> 3:30 <span word="pm">pm</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="ranged">ranged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="carved">carved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="pulverizers">pulverizers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="powder">powder</span>.</p><p><span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Weisheng">Weisheng</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forestry">forestry</span> <span word="administration">administration</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="purposes">purposes</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="museums">museums</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="purposes">purposes</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="preserved">preserved</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="customs">customs</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span>.</p><p><span word="Chunquan">Chunquan</span> <span word="Zhu">Zhu</span>, <span word="country">country</span> <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Conservation">Conservation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="confiscated">confiscated</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="preserved">preserved</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="concluded">concluded</span>.</p><p>"<span word="These">These</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="sold">sold</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="money">money</span>," <span word="Zhu">Zhu</span> <span word="said">said</span>. “<span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="destroy">destroy</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="determination">determination</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="smuggling">smuggling</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>.”</p>
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