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Mozambique to destroy ivory, rhino horns

MORE than a tonne of confiscated ivory and rhino horn will be destroyed by authorities in Mozambique as a blow against poaching, a conservation group says.

More than a tonne of confiscated ivory and rhino horn will be destroyed in Mozambique.
More than a tonne of confiscated ivory and rhino horn will be destroyed in Mozambique.

MOZAMBIQUE plans to destroy more than one tonne of confiscated ivory as well as 53 rhino horns to show its resolve in the fight against poaching, a New York-based conservation group says.

CITING Mozambican authorities, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Saturday that the destruction of the stockpile will happen Monday in Maputo, the capital.

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