Harmful demand: Carved ivory items for sale in Guangzhou, China. Kenya-based elephant conservation group Save the Elephants says the price of raw ivory in China has almost tripled in the last four years. The surge in the price of ivory is driving a wave of killing of elephants across Africa. - EPA
Thriving black market for ivory drives slaughter of African elephants.
More than 100,000 African elephants were killed for their tusks during a three-year period, reflecting persistent demand for illegal ivory that threatens the pachyderms’ long-term survival, a conservation study reported.
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