Over 1,000 ivory tusks, mainly from BABY ELEPHANTS, were seized by Hong Kong customs in their biggest haul in three years.

The tusks, which weigh over two tons and are worth more than US$2 million, were discovered at the city’s main port in a cargo container from the African country of Togo.

Ng Kwok-leung, customs’ group head of ports control, said that the majority of the tusks seized in the operation were from baby elephants.

“It was a big haul, we should be happy. But when I looked at these tusks, we saw very small tusks of baby elephants. We were sad because they were killed for nothing,” he said.

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