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台灣查獲逾兩噸走私象牙

2006年07月09日
ENS台灣,台北報導;丁秋仁編譯;莫聞審校

台灣高雄港海關人員4日查獲逾兩噸非法走私象牙,市值總價超過310萬美元。兩艘被查獲的貨櫃船隻由非洲東部坦尚尼亞待開往菲律賓馬尼拉,貨櫃內滿載350根非洲象牙意味著約175頭大象死於非命。

Two Tons of Smuggled Elephant Ivory Seized in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 5, 2006 (ENS)
Customs officers at Taiwan's Kaohsiung Harbor have seized more than two metric tons of illegal elephant ivory, valued at more than US$3.1 million. The ivory was found Tuesday in two shipments traveling to Manila, Philippines from the East African country of Tanzania. The boxes contained 350 African elephant tusks, representing an estimated 175 dead elephants.