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Message:: [QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 13531, member: 57"]And then there's this recent news article about ivory -- NC Zoo plan to destroy ivory, rhino horn postponedBy Martha QuillinAugust 11, 2014 "A plan by the North Carolina Zoo to incinerate about 200 pounds of elephant ivory and rhino horn as a statement against animal poaching has been delayed while lawyers study the rules on the destruction of state property. The zoo had planned to burn the items on Tuesday – designated as World Elephant Day 2014 – to draw attention to recent dramatic increases in the poaching of African elephants and rhinos. The N.C. Zoological Park, just outside Asheboro, has accumulated a store of ivory and horn over the years, most of which were culled from elephants and rhinos that had died at the zoo. Some of the pieces of rhino horns are the sharp tips that had been trimmed from live animals to prevent them from goring one another (emphasis added).. . . . The N.C. Zoo would put the items into the incinerator it uses to cremate animal remains. If the zoo finds an educational need for ivory or rhino horn, it can use models, Jones said. Because the items at the zoo are not sellable, they have no value, but even so are considered state property and must be disposed of according to the rules, Jones said. Lawyers for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which oversees the park, are reviewing the statutes to make sure it’s legal to burn the items." <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/11/4065493/nc-zoo-plan-to-destroy-ivory-rhino.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/11/4065493/nc-zoo-plan-to-destroy-ivory-rhino.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/11/4065493/nc-zoo-plan-to-destroy-ivory-rhino.html</a>[/QUOTE]

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