Belgium on Wednesday destroyed 1.7 tonnes of ivory seized at its borders in an effort to draw public attention to an increase in the illegal trade and the risk it poses to elephant populations.
Belgium has become a major transit hub of the ivory trade between Africa and Asia due to good flight and
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