Elephant Populations in Some African Countries Have Started to Rise

question 336

Multiple Choice

Elephant populations in some African countries have started to rise because

• A) poachers and environmentalists are working together to save the elephants.
• B) new laws make killing elephants and selling their ivory illegal.
• C) some elephants have been made a private good, and people are allowed to kill elephants on their own property.
• D) high ivory taxes make it hard to earn a decent return on elephant tusks.

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