Ivory

In just four weeks in May and June of 2017 nearly 10,000 ivory items were sold on Yahoo Auction, one of Japan's largest e-commerce platforms.

The Chinese government has said it will rein in the smuggling and illegal sale of ivory, but those enforcement efforts do not appear to have reached the town of Shuidong.

At least knowing where the slaughter is happening means officials know where to try to stop it.

Social media and e-commerce sites are the new battlegrounds for the illegal wildlife trade.

You'll need two Ph.D.s and a J.D. to buy ivory legally in the United States. So don’t even try it.