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This picture taken on February 20, 2013 shows Chinese people looking at an ivory tusk carving display at a shop in Beijing. The number of African elephants killed by poachers in 2012 will most likely be higher than the 25,000 illegally killed the previous year, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said on Februay 19. One kilogramme (about two pounds) of ivory is currently estimated to be worth around 2,000 USD on the Asian black market. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on February 20, 2013 shows Chinese people looking at an ivory tusk carving display at a shop in Beijing. The number of African elephants killed by poachers in 2012 will most likely be higher than the 25,000 illegally killed the previous year, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said on Februay 19. One kilogramme (about two pounds) of ivory is currently estimated to be worth around 2,000 USD on the Asian black market. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO        (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)