There is a growing movement across the world that recognizes that destroying ivory stockpiles sends a strong message to elephant poachers, ivory traders, and consumers that ivory has no monetary value, and that the poaching of elephants is an unacceptable crime.
Hatimaye ushawishi unaanza kukua ulimwengunikwa hatuahii ya Kihistoria. Kuharibu ghala la meno ya Tembo kunatuma ujumbe mzito kwa majangili na wafanyabiashara kuwa meno ya Tembo hayana thamani ya pesa, na kuwa ujangili ni kosa la jinai lisilokubalika.