Good omen for elephants - China getting serious about dealing with elephant poaching

At long last China has started doing what we all wished. Chinese Government has started cracking down on poachers. In a significant move Chinese authorities destroyed 6.1 tons of illegal ivory during a public event held in Guangzhou on 6^th January. It indicated a growing commitment of Chinese Government to help end the elephant slaughter in Africa. China is the largest market for ivory.

An elated Douglas-Hamilton, elephant researcher and CEO of Save the Elephants organization said “Excess demand for ivory is the root of the elephant poaching crisis. All other efforts to stop the killing of elephants will be useless if the world doesn't stop buying ivory. China’s leadership could save Africa’s elephants,”

There is all round increased awareness about poaching in China. Recently an ivory poaching story published in Southern Weekly, a prominent newspaper in China , went viral on social media in China. It had 10 million shares