in the hopes that other countries would follow the same symbolic step and destroy their stockpiles. the soaring demand comes mostly from newly rich chinese who see ivory as a status symbol. a pound of ivory now sells for more than $1,000 on the streets of beijing. it's made ivory poaching one of the world's largest criminal enterprises, generating estimated profits of up to $10 billion a year. the fear is where that money is going. the head of the international fund for wild animals: does any of that money end up in the hands of terrorists who might use it against us? >> it does, it does. and i think that the intelligence now shows that there are clear links to groups like al-shabab. >> that's the somali based group that stormed the mall in kenya, killing 67. with only 500,000 left, and up