Ivory trade
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ivory-trade-174-8488469
title:
Ivory trade
text:
The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, black and white rhinos, mammoth, and most commonly, African and Asian elephants. Ivory has been traded for hundreds of years by people in Africa and Asia, resulting in restrictions and bans. Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys and other decorative items because of the white color it presents when processed but the piano industry abandoned ivory as a key covering material in the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Commercial, often illegal, trade of animal ivory
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_trade
date created:
2010-03-29T07:21:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:44:48Z
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