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China’s legal ivory trading status puts African elephants' fate in jeopardy
Jul 16 2008, Manoj J

Environmentalists and animal lovers perceive a grave threat to the future of the African wild elephant population after China was granted permission to become a licenced buyer of ivory from Africa.
In a recently concluded meeting of the UN’s...

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