Hong Kong’s Largest Ivory Seizure in a Decade

Hong Kong customs intercepted the load containing 384 tusks, which were packed in two containers declared as dried anchovies.
Hong Kong’s Largest Ivory Seizure in a Decade
2008 in Windhoek, during the first legal auction of elephant tusks in nearly a decade--exclusively for Chinese and Japanese buyers. Brigitte Weidlich/AFP/Getty Images
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2008 in Windhoek, during the first legal auction of elephant tusks in nearly a decade--exclusively for Chinese and Japanese buyers. (Brigitte Weidlich/AFP/Getty Images)
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