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A single elephant tusk can sell on the black market for $6000. 

In the current issue of National Geographic, Brent Stirton explores the many facets of the ivory trade -  from slaughtered elephants in Kenya, to China’s carving factories, to collectors’ homes in the Philippines.

See more images on the National Geographic web gallery.

(via fotojournalismus)

#ivory  #endangered species  #animal trade  #wildlife trade  #tusk  #queue  
∞  September 26, 2012 at 08:11pm
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    This is so sad. Why must we kill beautiful creatures just...materialistic things?
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    Wow :(
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    please don’t kill the eles ):
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