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Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago

  • Written by Roland Kays, Research Associate Professor of Wildlife and Scientist at NC Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University
Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century agoBurning confiscated elephant ivory and animal horns in Myanmar's first public display of action against the illegal wildlife trade, Oct. 4, 2018.Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images

It was a dark time for animals. Poaching was rampant. Wild birds and mammals were being slaughtered by the thousands. An out-of-control wildlife trade was making...

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