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China moves toward ban on all ivory trading

The government of China says it will soon announce a timetable to close down its domestic ivory industry. China has long been the site of the world’s largest market for both legal and illegal ivory. Conservationists say a total ban would effectively end the elephant poaching crisis in Africa. Click the above audio player to […]

Ivory items are shown to the media before being destroyed in Beijing on May 29, 2015.
Ivory items are shown to the media before being destroyed in Beijing on May 29, 2015.
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The government of China says it will soon announce a timetable to close down its domestic ivory industry. China has long been the site of the world’s largest market for both legal and illegal ivory. Conservationists say a total ban would effectively end the elephant poaching crisis in Africa.

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