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More Than 1 Ton of Mammoth Tusks Seized by Heilonjiang Customs Officials
| Carlene Vision | | Apr 13, 2017 06:37 AM EDT |
Heilongjiang province customs and government officials have intercepted a truck heading towards the Russian border containing more than one ton of mammoth ivory. The ivories were reportedly placed into covert compartments inside the truck. Officials counted 107 mammoth ivory tusks alongside 1.5 tons of jade and 37 pieces of rhinoceros horns.
China Destroys Hundreds of Kilos of Confiscated Ivory in Beijing, Vows to Stop Poaching
| Camille Harthy | | May 29, 2015 12:25 PM EDT |
China declared that its government will gradually and eventually put an end to illegal ivory poaching in the country, and it started the cause by publicly crushing 662 kilograms of confiscated ivory and ivory products.
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