Hope for Elephants: China Starts Ivory Market Shutdown

Published by the Environmental News Service

BEIJING, China, March 31, 2017 (ENS) – China today permanently closed 55 retail ivory stores and 12 ivory carving entities across the country as a step towards shutting down its entire domestic ivory market to protect elephants at risk of extinction from poaching.

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