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send to the decent people at home, people who normally don't associate ivory with the killing of elephants (sic). The destruction of Kenya stocks of ivory sent a very powerful message and I believe that people are increasingly going against ivory; if they do go against ivory, they won't buy it, that'll bring the price down and it's not worth the while for the poacher to kill. S.M

Dr Leakey, thank you very much.

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