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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Ivory

    Satao, thought to be one of the world’s largest living elephants, has been found dead, shot with a poisoned arrow, in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park. It’s estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were killed by poachers in Africa in 2013, and that number is actually down from the previous year.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 16, 2014 • 1 min read

    Satao, thought to be one of the world’s largest living elephants, has been found dead, shot with a poisoned arrow, in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park. It’s estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were killed by poachers in Africa in 2013, and that number is actually down from the previous year. Most of the raw ivory taken by poachers ends up in China. But the US is the world’s second largest market -- and California in particular is a big destination for contraband ivory products. We take a look at the Ivory market. Why has the demand for ivory increased lately?

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    4. 26:38Who Are the "Tastemakers"?
    5. 41:25LA City Attorney on Foreclosure Suit
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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Ellen O'Connell

      Tusk USA

      News

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    2 of 5
    Starbucks U., the Ivory Trade, and Tastemakers
    1. 0:00Starbucks Tuition
    2. 8:33IvoryYou’re reading this
    3. 16:51TV Roundup
    4. 26:38Who Are the "Tastemakers"?
    5. 41:25LA City Attorney on Foreclosure Suit
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