Since 2010,prices for the ivory of African elephants have nearly tripled. This increase in prices is largely due to the inadequate enforcement of ivory laws in China, where demand for ivory stems from affluent citizens who exhaust the precious fabric as symbols of status or gifts to soften business deals. The increase in demand has caused poachers to intensify […]The post Poaching Skyrockets as Prices Increase in China appeared first on H.
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Source: saveivory.org