Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: Poaching situation ādesperateā
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the celebrity chef, journalist and environmental campaigner, has said the UK government must step up efforts to tackle the ivory trade in order to stop fuelling the poaching of African elephants.
His new Ö÷²„“óŠć1 series, Saving Africa's Elephants: Hugh And The Ivory War, found that more than 80 elephants are killed per day in Africa for their ivory, which experts say may lead to their extinction in just 25 years.
Hugh said the poaching situation is ādesperateā because āwe have a very lively, buoyant ivory trade here in the UKā.
āBoth China and America have announced that they will ban the trade of solid ivory objects ā weāre lagging behind,ā he added.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 24 October 2016.
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