Friday, May 11, 2007

It's the Chinese again

Report: Illegal ivory imports on rise (AP)

A Kenya Wildlife Service warden displays tusks that were intercepted from a poacher in 2003. African states called Tuesday for a 20-year ban on trade in ivory to protect the continent's elephants from poachers and possible extinction in the wild.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AP - Chinese-run smuggling rings based in Africa are responsible for illegal ivory imports nearly doubling in the past decade, according to a report published Thursday.


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