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How Many Elephants are Killed for the Ivory Trade?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

J. S. C. Parker  and
Esmond Bradley Martin
J. S. C. Parker
Affiliation:
Ian Parker, P.O. Box 30678, Nairobi, Kenya.
Esmond Bradley Martin
Affiliation:
Dr Esmond Bradley Martin, Villa Langata, P.O. Box 15510, Mbagathi, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Abstract

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After careful examination of trade and other statistics, notably in Hong Kong and Japan, which are the two major importers of African elephant ivory, the authors calculated average tusk weights and estimated the number of elephants involved in Africa's raw ivory exports. They conclude that previous estimates of the number of African elephants killed have been exaggerated.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , February 1982 , pp. 235 - 239
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1982

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