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African leaders are pressing Europe to follow China’s lead by ending ivory trade

African leaders are pressing Europe to follow China’s lead by ending ivory trade

The next target in the struggle to stamp out ivory trade and its debilitating effect on elephant populations across Africa is the European Union (EU). A petition signed by 32 African leaders has called on the EU—the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory—to close its thriving market. Advocacy groups suggest that while ivory trade is…