Mammoths could become a protected species – 4,000 years after extinction


The move is designed to stop ivory smuggling and protect elephants, not because of any attempt to resurrect the prehistoric animal

Mammoths could become a protected species, despite dying out more than 4,000 years ago.

But there are no plans to bring back the extinct mammal, the proposal is instead intended to protect their closest living relative, the elephant

Smugglers have allegedly used mammoth tusks to disguise the illegal sale of elephant ivory, encouraging poaching and making it harder to enforce the ban. 

Melting permafrost in the Siberian tundra in far-eastern Russia has revealed up to 150 million mammoth carcasses....................Read more

 

Source: INDEPENDENT


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