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Hong Kong has voted to ban ivory sales in a landmark move to end the infamous trade in the city. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for Wednesday’s bill, which will abolish the trade by 2021, following China’s complete ban on ivory sales that went into effect at…
Wong Lai-ngan hunches over a battered workbench, his electric rotary tool whining as he carves two phoenixes facing each other into a smooth white tusk. Decades ago, Wong’s canvas would have been elephant ivory. But since a 1990 ban on international trading,…
This week, animal rights activists in Hong Kong are celebrating a huge win as their plea to eliminate global ivory trade has been heard. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying announced in his annual policy address that the country will phase out on…
