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“Hong Kong government is aiding & abetting an illegal trade,” - Alex Hofford, a wildlife campaigner for @WildAid & co-author of the letter.

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51 NGOs demanded in a letter to the Hong Kong government to stop issuing import and re-export licences for so-called pre-convention #ivory.

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Customs officers in #Perth, detected 110 kg of #ivory last Sunday in an air cargo shipment from #Malawi, which was en route to #Malaysia.

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Without a legal trade, there will be nothing for the illegal trade to hide behind. #Ivorywars #trafficking #ivory

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In March 2012, 4,000 new advertisements a month for illegal wildlife products were showing on Chinese shopping websites. 50% were for #ivory

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In March 2014 between 77% - 90% of the #ivory in #LosAngeles was illegal under #California law and 47-60% illegal under federal law.

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Illegal #ivory carving is being immersed in chemicals that stains it, in order to make it look like an antique.

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The #UnitedStates (the second largest ivory market after #China) imports most of its illegal african #ivory through East #Asia.

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Mammoth's #tusk in #Siberia. This might also be the future of #elephants.
#ivory

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Earlier this week; the government of Kenya has burned 15 tons of ivory worth $30 million to deter elephant poachers from pursuing the trade

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#China announced last month a one-year ban on the import of African #ivory carvings, just days ahead of Prince William's visit.

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The street price of #ivory in #China has increased from $5 to $2,100 per kg in 25 years, according to @adamvaughan_uk

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#Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe celebrated his birthday last saturday by killing a young #elephant and a lion among other wild #animals.

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The number of legal Chinese #ivory factories has increased from 40 in 2004 to 182 in 2013.

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Police arrested 8 poachers in Pekanbaru & confiscated 16 #ivory tusks. They also killed elephant cubs for their organs. #February #Indonesia

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Police seized 64 #ivory tusks in #Congo last Friday. The trafficker will serve 5-10 years in prison. #ivorytrade #elephants
Source: PALF

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Poached #elephant populations in East, West, Central and South #Africa
#Ivorywars #Ivorytrade

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UN Environment Programme & Interpol study, 2013, said that 25,000 elephants are killed each year to feed an illegal trade worth $188million

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A Kenyan court on Wednesday issued a warrant of arrest against a senior police officer in a case involving #ivory kingpin Feisal Mohammed.

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#Chinese police have arrested 14 suspects in an ivory trading ring. #Today.
#Ivory seized were estimated to be worth 170 000 USdollars.