A mammoth task: halting the ivory trade
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Elephants are the poster child for the illegal wildlife trade. It is estimated that on average, 55 African elephants per day are killed for their ivory tusks.
International trade in elephant ivory is banned, but a new product on the global market could be fuelling the flames for elephants: mammoth tusks.
Discover more with Museum Research Leader Prof Adrian Lister, Valery Plotnikov from the Academy of Sciences of Yakutia, trade investigator Lucy Vigne and ivory trade research specialist Linda Chou.
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