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African Elephants May Be Extinct By 2020 Because People Keep Eating With Ivory Chopsticks [1]

In 2013, more than 35,000 elephants across Africa were killed for their ivory, which is often carved and sold as ornaments, jewelry and other gift items.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2014
Huffington Post [2]
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Wildlife [3], Elephant [4], Illegal Trade [5], Africa [6], Japan [7], China [8], Hong Kong [9], Vietnam [10], Thailand [11], Singapore [12], Asia [13], Poaching [14], Kenya [15], South Africa [16], Zimbabwe [17], Congo [18], Mali [19], Mozambique [20]
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