Battle for the Elephants Page #2
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bicycles to villages.
From there they're
put into trucks,
and they come up one of the
main roads to the capital city,
where traders are consolidating
thousands of kilograms of
poached ivory.
AH:
The economies in EastAfrica are starting to boom,
and a lot of the trade has
Agricultural produce, timber,
and, hidden amongst those items,
smugglers can hide their ivory.
BECOMES A SHIPPING CHANNEL,
IN CARGO CONTAINERS ACROSS
IN THE CONTAINER
BRYAN CHRISTY PICKS
HERE 60,000 CONTAINERS
ARRIVE EACH DAY.
CUSTOMS AGENTS INSPEC FEWER THAN 1% .
IT'S A SMUGGLER'S DREAM.
Bryan:
You can almost feel thescale of elephant poaching here
as you look out on these
containers, massive containers.
Somewhere in here there's
a container with ivory,
you can almost feel it,
you can almost grab a tusk!
OFFICIALS SOMETIMES DO
GRAB A TUSK:
TONS OF THEM.
THAT WOULD REPRESENT ROUGHLY 600
ELEPHANTS --LESS THAN 3% OF THE
ESTIMATED WERE KILLED LAST YEAR.
BRYAN SUSPECTS THAT MUCH ILLEGAL
IVORY ENTERING CHINA FINDS ITS
WAY TO STORES.
EXPLORING CHINESE LUXURY GOODS.
BC:
So we're on the 4th floorof the Beijing arts and crafts
building.
This is a building dedicated
to traditional arts,
and now we're on the,
in the ivory shop.
Bryan talks with shop girls.
Hi, I'm Brian.
[I'm Amy] Amy, nice to meet you.
Bryan:
My goal when I go into astore is to see that world from
their perspective.
It's very important to find
appreciates their world.
Bryan:
And who is this one?Amy:
In China it's"God of Money".
Bryan:
God of Money,he looks very happy.
Amy:
He's rich.Bryan:
hahahaha Bryan:People for the first time in
generations are able
to afford ivory.
They're looking back into their
past for symbols that they
associate with their
ancestors, with core values,
and they're expressing
their core values in ivory.
Lady:
This one is good luck,and this one is prosperity.
And that one is long life.
[Luck?]
Bryan:
It's extraordinarycraftsmanship.
If you did not know
anything about the elephant,
you'd be moved.
BC:
One piece?Saleswoman:
One piece, yes.BC:
Every layer?Saleswoman:
36 layer,BC:
36 layer?You need the tusks, the
biggest one, very thick.
BC:
Oh, so this wouldhave been a massive tusk?
Saleswoman:
Yes.BC:
As I'm walking throughthese shops, you're seeing
20, 000 dollars, 50,000 dollars,
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