Thailand Continues To Ignore International Ivory Trade Regulations
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In addition, the members of an international committee representing CITES, which was a treaty signed in 1973 to protect wildlife and prevent the exploitation of animals, have deemed Thailand and seven other countries, including China, The Philippines, and Kenya among others, as the “Gang of Eight”—a group of eight countries that have all supported the ivory trade by harboring suppliers, transporters, or consumers of illegal ivory.
So far, the committee states that every country in the “Gang of Eight” has complied with the sanctions except for Thailand, which could not show that it has implemented any new policies or procedures for curbing illegal trading. In fact, Thailand’s sheer number of items containing illegal ivory has tripled in recent months, and a large number of new locations have popped up around Bangkok selling these goods.
Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140709-poaching-elephants-cites-ivory-trade-animals-science/
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