A new study, published in Biological Conservation, found less than 1 per cent of the 1,698 ivory listings from 70 vendors were advertised with documentation that showed they were legally.
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A new study, published in Biological Conservation, found less than 1 per cent of the 1,698 ivory listings from 70 vendors were advertised with documentation that showed they were legally.
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