Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tanzania jails Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years

DAR ES SALAAM, March 19,- A court in Tanzania jailed on Wednesday a Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years amid a crackdown to stem a surge in poaching. Yu Bo, 45, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of 81 elephant tusks and the skins of two pangolins, which are also known as scaly anteaters, lawyers said. […]



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