“We’re here today because poachers of endangered species, who profit from wildlife crime, should not have a market in Manhattan,” the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., said at a news conference this summer.
This ivory was seized from two stores in Midtown Manhattan, whose owners pleaded guilty July 12, 2012 to state charges. More than $2 million worth of goods were seized.
Photo by Todd Heisler
Article by David M. Halbfinger
The New York Times
Wildlife crime is not a problem in far away lands with "foreign" people.
It's happening right here.
Go make a difference!
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