Saturday 5 July 2014

Smuggled elephant ivory price triples: conservationists

FLORA AND FAUNA
Smuggled elephant ivory price triples: conservationists
Nairobi (AFP) July 03, 2014 - The price of ivory taken from African elephants slaughtered for their tusks has tripled in the past four years in China, the world's biggest market, conservationists said on Thursday. "The surge in the price of ivory is driving a wave of killing of elephants across Africa that shows little sign of abating," campaign group Save the Elephants said in a new report. "With the ivory price in ... more


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