For those of you who are unaware, China has the largest market for ivory in the world so this kind of news is nothing to scoff at!
Year after year, elephant populations have been dwindling almost entirely due to poaching. Demand for ivory was outweighing the potential threats to the elephant population and poachers have been relentlessly slaughtering them trying to make money. In fact, elephant populations are down significantly even compared to as early as twenty years ago and it's mostly due to the ivory trade business. China has taken a major step in the right direction by banning ivory trade by the end of 2017. This is monumental when we talk about the elephants. With the largest market for ivory shutting down, it is estimated that the population of elephants will likely begin to see growth. This is fantastic news! Elephants are such precious, loving creatures and when you think that they are being slaughtered for such trivial things it is so anger inducing. It's saddening that it took this long to realize the damage the ivory trade was doing to the elephants' population but I'm glad it was finally recognized. Ivory is not a NECESSARY product for survival. This is especially frustrating when you think of the amount of poaching that happens for such a novelty item. Here's to hoping we start seeing an increase in elephant populations as soon as possible! Click the link to get the full story! HAPPY VEG
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