Elephants In The Dust

Large scale ivory seizures

CHINA

HONG KONG

PHILIPPINES

THAILAND

VIET NAM

KENYA

Origin area

MALAYSIA

Ivory siezed per year Tonnes 13

Transit area

TANZANIA

7 3 1

SOUTH AFRICA

2009 2010 2011

Destination country Transit country Country of departure

Note:These gures re ect known large-scale ivory trade ows. The same seizure may have passed through or been directed to several of the above countries and is captured accordingly. Thus, these gures do not represent discrete values, but rather re ect the relative importance of these countries and territories in the movement of ivory between Africa and Asia.

Source:TRAFFIC, 2013

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