Illegal trade involving each of these nations has been repeatedly singled out for priority attention since the first assessment in 2002, but they continue to feature as critical hotspots in the trade ...
Between 2000 and 2013, 33 tonnes of illegal ivory were seized in the city. Since, according to a 2015 WWF report, only one in 10 illegal wildlife shipments is detected by customs, this is only a ...
Traders might claim elephant ivory is mammoth ivory to cover up illegal sales, according to global conservation body WWF. [3] About 20,000 elephants are killed every year for their tusks ...