Template:Did you know nominations/Destruction of ivory

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The result was: promoted by —♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 22:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Destruction of ivory

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Ivory burning in the Republic of Congo.

... that to deliver a message to poachers, Kenya incinerated 12 tons of confiscated ivory in 1989, which burned for three days?

ALT1:... that Kenya responded to an elephant-poaching epidemic by setting fire to 12 tons of confiscated ivory?
ALT2:... that the destruction of ivory has been called "indispensable in the fight against trafficking of threatened species"?
Reviewed: Sylvia Hallett

Created by Rhododendrites (talk). Nominated by Owlsmcgee (talk) at 01:50, 5 February 2016 (UTC).

ALT1 and ALT2 look good. I'd probably suggest against the first hook, though, as the guy in charge of that first ivory burn in Kenya emphasized that it was more about fostering public support for conservation than about deterring poachers directly (which is not to say, of course, that it didn't do both). Here are a couple other options, too:
ALT3 - ...that the Philippines destroyed 5 tons of illegal ivory by running it over, sawing it into bits, smashing it with a backhoe, and finally incinerating it?
ALT4 - ...that nations have smashed, burned, pulverized, and crushed over 130 tons of confiscated ivory?
— Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:19, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
There's also another decent option for an image. Hopefully I'm not breaking anything by reproducing the template's image div... — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:24, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

A rock crusher destroying ivory in the United States.

Fascinating topic. DKY check all good, length and newness too. Excellent images, lots of refs, all good. Strongly prefer ALT2, as it is generic yet still explains the article. Likewise, the first of the two images is the sort of thing that should put it top of the charts. Suspect we'll get a record-setter with this one. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)