Xi Brings Ivory to China

A British nongovernmental group, the Environmental Investgation Agency (EIA) accused that Chinese officials traveling with China's president Xi Jinping last year purchased tons of ivory tusks illegally in Tanzania. Both countries denied that report.

Ivory trade has been banned all over the world to protect wild elephants in Africa. Despite the rule, tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their tusks. China is the largest market for snugged ivory tusks because these tusks consider fortune tokens for Chinese people so ivory products can be sold in high prices in the country. 

If this report was true, it seems Chinese and Tanzanian president talked about business trade including illegal ivory at that time and the Asian big country might destroy not only Asian atomosphare by exhausting polluted gas but also African wild environment by killing elephants.


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Elephants Hunting in Tanzania

I listened to an interview show on the BBC radio today. It was about ivory trade in Tanzania. The trade in ivory has been banned since 1989. But in Tanzania, 30 elephants are killed for ivory everyday. They send ivory to mainly China, Hong Kong.

Of course elephant hunting is not allowed in the country but the hunting is still happen. The number of elephants are decreasing. The government have patrol officers but don't work well because they ignor hunting for money. They get money instead of overlook the illegal hunters. 

Tanzanian goverment should strengthen the regulation for illegal hunting.