A local MP is supporting efforts to tackle the trade in ivory - which leads to tens of thousands of elephants and rhinos being killed every year for their tusks.
An international summit on the illegal wildlife trade is taking place in London today, attended by officials from governments around the world.
The Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish - who chairs the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare - says one thing the West can do is help African countries develop other sources of income for poor people, such as farming.
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