US Pushes for More Elephant, Rhino Protection Home and Abroad

The new front in the fight to protect Africa’s imperiled elephants doesn’t begin in the wide savannahs of Kenya, or the scrubby brushland of South Africa. It begins, says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, with Americans’ wallets. “The discussions about ivory trade really revolve around whether you believe demand is part of the solution or not. And in the United States we’ve made that determination that we can’t prevent the extinction of elephants unless we address...

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