Dec 14, 2016
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.
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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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