China seizes 804kg of ivory along with rhino horn, bear paws

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities announced Monday the arrests of 16 suspected members of a smuggling ring and the seizure of hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of ivory along with rhino horns and bear paws.

Police in Beijing said that as a result of a crackdown from May to August on the illegal trade and transport of wildlife products, officers netted 804 kilograms (1,770 pounds) of ivory, 11 kilograms (24 pounds) of rhino horns and 35 bear paws in a haul worth 24 million yuan ($3.8 million).

China is the world's largest market for illegal ivory, which has been thriving under the cover of legal ivory sales. Amid criticism that demand for ivory among its rising middle class threatens African elephants, China is taking steps to fight trafficking and end ivory sales.

In February, China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports. In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to halt commercial ivory sales in China when he was visiting the United States.

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[restorefreedom]

1. kick nt

[DhhD]

2. Elephants could become extinct in a few years due to poaching and ivory sales.

http://www.liveanimalslist.com/mammals/elephants-endangered-species-facts.php

[Javaman]

3. here is the secret to keeping elephants, rhinos and all other endangered speices alive...

push the concept that the animals crap has special aphrodisiac qualities that increases penis size if eaten.

we would suddenly have all these animals taken off of the endangers species list.

sure some of the morons eating the poop would die, but, you know, potato pah-tato.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Makes as much sense as ingesting rhino horns

which are just made of keratin, the same stuff as fingernails. So for medicinal properties, they'd be just as good off chewing their fingernails.

[tabasco]

5. Goddamn evil fucking humans

Wildlife is rapidly disappearing from this planet.

Humans have become a plague on the biosphere.