Singapore destroying 9 tonnes of seized ivory

The destruction by an industrial rock crusher began yesterday, and aims to prevent the items from re-entering the market and disrupt the global supply chain of illegally traded ivory, Singapore's National Parks Board said.A spokeswoman for the board told AFP it would take three to five days for all of the ivory - seized between 2014 and 2019 - to be crushed, after which the fragments will be incinerated.

The items include 8.8 tonnes of ivory seized last year in Singapore's biggest haul worth Sg$17.6 million , it said. By using DNA analysis and other methods to study the specimens, the centre can determine where the items were poached from - a useful tool in the fight against illegal wildlife trade.

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