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But he said the "brutality" of poachers and crime gangs was still
escalating.
He called on the UK to pass a total ban on the domestic ivory trade,
as has been done by China and the US.
While the international trade in ivory has been banned since 1989, it
is still possible to sell antique ivory in the UK as long as it was
carved before 1947.
Abhorrent
The duke urged the UK government to push ahead with a total ban
on the trade, in a bid to protect elephants.
"China has already signalled a total ban, the USA has instituted one,
and other nations, including the United Kingdom, are considering it,"
he told the conference on illegal wildlife trade in Hanoi.
"We know now what previous generations did not - ivory treated as a
commodity is the fuel of extinction.
"Ivory is not something to be desired and when removed from an
elephant it is not beautiful.
"So, the question is: why are we still trading it? We need
governments to send a clear signal that trading in ivory is
abhorrent."
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
spokeswoman said the UK was doing "more than ever before" to
tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
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