China: creating an ivory elephant
Chinese scientists are studying to create an ivory elephant breed to limit hunting.
To create the elephant, the researchers found that about 5% of the elephants in Asia have no ivory, the elephant's gene has 10% of the male elephant population in southeastern Yunnan, China - where there is an The biggest elephant in the country.
The ivory elephant breeding based on these studies will be a great success to reduce the pressure of hunting elephants for human tusks.
VAN NGUYEN
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