The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on its leaders on Wednesday to help end the slaughter of elephants by rejecting fresh donations of religious objects made of ivory.

“I propose to my brother bishops to enforce the directive that no donation of any new statue or religious object made from ivory... shall be accepted and blessed,” said CBCP president, Archbishop Socrates Villegas.

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