BREAKING NEWS:
Philippines to burn five tons of confiscated tusks worth $10 million.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the seized ivory tusks will be crushed by a road roller and burned in the presence of foreign experts and anti-ivory trade advocates on June 21 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City.
The first ivory burning in Asia.
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