Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Tanzania ivory: China officials 'went on
buying spree'
The price of illegally traded ivory soared
during a Chinese delegation’s visit to Tanzania where wild elephants are often
killed by poachers.
An environmental activist group claims that
their undercover investigators found that the local market price of ivory
doubled during the recent visit by Chinese government leader and officials, and
business leaders. They say that prior to the visit, Chinese buyers bought large
amount of ivory and sold to those visitors who took advantage of the
uninspected presidential airplane. It doesn’t sound too unrealistic as ivory curving
is valued extremely high in China as status symbol.
Enjoy reading the article and assessing the
validity of the report and the complaints by the government officials.
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