Elephants Have a Remarkable Start to 2018 as China Bans Ivory Sales
Written by Zachary Toliver
China has proved that anything can happen in the new year: Once a powerhouse in the commercial ivory trade, the nation has officially banned ( www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-wa… ) all domestic sales and processing of ivory and its products.
Despite international bans on ivory for more than 25 years, this blood product has fueled elephant poaching by people who pass off illegally obtained ivory as legitimate. In fact, wildlife specialists believe that roughly 30,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year. While shipments of ivory into China have decreased significantly in the past few years, international illegal ivory shipments were confiscated in record numbers in 2016. …
PETA (blog) – January 3, 2018
Elephants Have a Remarkable Start to 2018 as China Bans Ivory Sales
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