Hong Kong Customs found a little over 1,200 elephant tusks smuggled into shipping containers from Kenya and Tanzania. Elephant tusks are highly expensive, just one can earn thousands of dollars when sold on the black market. They are mainly used for making ivory ornaments. The tusks that were found in Honk Kong were valued at around 3.4 million dollars. Seven people have been arrested in the case so far. Similar cases usually also link back to Kenyan or Tanzanian ports. Ivory trade has resulted in a huge decline in the elephant population. In 1930, there were more than 5 million elephants in Africa, today, only 450,000 elephants reside there.
By- Emina Pivac
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