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WildAid Japan and Tears of the African Elephant (TAE) are calling on Japan to end its ivory trade beginning with abandoning ivory hanko stamps. Hanko stamps account for 80% of...
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Last month a search team embarked on a journey to Indonesia to find the “holy grail” of bees.
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