Thai customs seizes three tons of illegal elephant ivory worth millions of dollars

Inhabitat
By Lori ZimmerApr 27, 2015, 12:28 pm87 pts
Authorities have intercepted more than three tons of illegal elephant ivory in a Thai port as it was en route to Laos from Kenya. The shipping container, marked as tea leaves, was opened to reveal 511 pieces of ivory, which would fetch millions of dollars on the Laotian black market. The stash comes just days…

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