But in recent years those advances have been reversed, with an increase in elephant poaching across the African continent.

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Hunters can further customize their boots by providing their own animal hides--perhaps that of an elephant or hippo from an African safari.

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Visitors to the website are greeted not by a picture of a baby elephant up for adoption but by a bit of landscape and the chance to adopt an African acre in an important place.

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"Most illegal shipments of African elephant ivory end up in either China or Thailand, " according to TRAFFIC, an organization that monitors the wildlife trade.

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