Elephant ivory will no longer be on sale legally in three years after Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to approve a ban on the “cruel business”.
Legislators in the world’s largest market for elephant ivory passed the bill, 49-4, just one month after Beijing shut down markets on the mainland.
Under the law, commercial sales of elephant tusks will be phased out by 2021 under a three-step plan that received support from lawmakers across the...
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