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http://www.timeforkids.com/news/new-hope-elephants/133251

http://act.mtv.com/posts/the-5-most-endangered-species-thanks-to-illegal-wildlife-trade/

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade

http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=115&detID=2742

http://www.care2.com/causes/5-alarming-facts-about-the-illegal-wildlife-trade.html

More than a million Pangolins are believed to have been illegally caught in the wild over the last decade globally, giving them the unenviable record of being the most illegally-traded mammal in the world.

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Hong Kong is at the heart of the ivory black market. Its bustling ports are a major entry point for smuggled ivory shipped from Africa to Asia. In recent years officials have seized huge amounts of ivory: 3.4 tons in 2011, 5.6 tons in 2012, and about 7 tons in the first ten months of 2013.

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