Singapore to ban domestic elephant ivory trade
13 August 2019 |
6:00 am
From September 2021, Singapore will ban local sales of ivory, removing a key end-market for the valuable material. Some 100 African elephants are estimated to be killed each day by poachers who want their tusks.
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