China to ban its elephant ivory trade within a year

Mongabay
Dec 30, 2016, 2:00 pm101 pts
[caption id="attachment_186810" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Young elephant in South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler[/caption] The Chinese government today announced it will close its domestic commercial ivory market by the end of 2017, a move conservation groups are a "game-changer" for elephants, which…

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