Wildlife Trade News

Entries for June 2016

June 13, 2016

AVA destroys 7.9 tonnes of illegal elephant ivory worth S$13 million

Singapore destroyed 7.9 tonnes of illegal elephant ivory shipments for the first time on Monday (June 13), in a bid to prevent such seizures from re-entering the global illegal wildlife trade market, and to send a strong message that the country condemns  such trade in wildlife.The ivory &mdash...

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