Singapore seizes record $48.6M shipment of elephant ivory, pangolin scales

Cass Settlemyre/iStock(LONDON) — Authorities in Singapore have seized a record 8.8 metric tons of ivory that is believed to have come from nearly 300 African elephants. The ivory, estimated to be worth $12.9 million, was found Sunday in sacks in one of three containers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that were said to …

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