Wednesday, October 21, 2015

“Ivory laundry of the world:” traders in Hong Kong offer poached ivory for sale

“Ivory laundry of the world:” traders in Hong Kong offer poached ivory for sale

In Hong Kong, licensed ivory shops legally sell anything from elephant tusks costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to necklaces, bangles and figurines made of the same material for thousands or hundreds of dollars. But they are supposed to only use ivory obtained before a global ban enacted in 1989. It is also illegal to […]











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