Wildlife groups urge sanctions for ivory offenders
- Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 18.43
- Online news: Asia
Conservationists on Thursday called for sanctions against the world's top offender nations in the illegal ivory trade to tackle a surge in poaching of African elephants.
Photo taken on February 9, 2013 shows elephants in the Addo Elephants Park near Port Elizabeth in South Africa. Conservationists on Thursday called for sanctions against the world's top offender nations in the illegal ivory trade to tackle a surge in poaching of African elephants.
Wildlife groups WWF and TRAFFIC issued a joint call for governments due to meet in Bangkok next month under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to take action against host country Thailand as well as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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