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Posted Sat Aug 2 2008: from University of Washington via ScienceDaily: Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1217685613 African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals' plight. [Read more stories about: hunting to extinction] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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