In China, which is one of the world's largest elephant markets, the newly born in 2018 has been banned from trading on elephants and related products.
This measure is appreciated as a major initiative in efforts to protect the number of elephants falling globally.
Wild animal campaigners believe that nearly 30,000 African elephants are killed each year. The Chinese state media, Xinhua, said last year the price of elephant imports fell by 65 percent.
Xinhua reported that the seizure of elephant tusks into China has fallen by 80 percent.
The announcement was announced last year and the last day of 2017 was the last Sunday.
Sinkuva notes that the elephant tents closed up to 67 official factories and shops linked to the trade in March, 2017, and the remaining 105 shops closed on Sundays.
"From now on, elephant sellers say they are government agents ... they are cheating you and deliberately violating the law," the Chinese forest minister said on his social website.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports that "the world's largest elephant tuskers are happy to see the doors closed."
The World Wildlife Fund's African director Fred Kumau has stated in a blog that "this is a significant step for the elephant defense efforts in Africa," says Wildeat CEO Peter Nights. "It's the biggest single step to hunt the elephant," An.
"Since China has now banned the sale of commercial elephants, we can begin with 2018 hoping that elephants will be safe," he added.
Nevertheless, the new law is concerned that Hong Kong does not apply to the elephant's trading center.
In this case, Hong Kong is attempting to bring in a separate prohibition law for its territory.
China has already banned the sale of elephant tuskers since 1975 under the International Trade Agreement for the Endangered Wildlife and Flora.
However, critics have long claimed that the demand for elephant tusks is required to be illegally replaced by other products belonging to the elephant tuskers.
It is noteworthy that the international ban on elephant tusks was implemented in 1990.
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