Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021

Mongabay
Feb 1, 2018, 5:52 am320 pts
In a historic move, 49 Hong Kong lawmakers voted on Jan. 31 to end all domestic ivory trade by 2021 and passed the Endangered Species of Animals and Plants (Amendment) Bill 2017, also called the Hong Kong Ivory Ban Bill. Only four legislators voted against the ban. The overwhelming vote comes just a month…

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