When
UK lawmakers passed the UK Ivory Act, it was an amazing
victory for conservationists. The law helped ensure that
there is a near-total ban on elephant ivory
worldwide, which is crucial for protecting
these majestic animals.
Elephants are very endangered,
and their populations have dropped rapidly over the past
100 years, in large part due to poaching. This is why the UK Ivory
Act was so necessary and so long overdue.
The only problem is: the law
didn't go far enough, since poachers are now going after
other animals instead.
In fact, experts fear that this shift in
demand from elephant ivory to hippo teeth could
devastate wild hippo populations. Hippos are already listed as
"vulnerable to extinction" because of both poaching and
habitat loss.
Subject: Ivory-obsessed poachers are slaughtering hippos for their
teeth
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