Environmental group claims Chinese delegation went on an ivory buying spree in Tanzania . It cites local traders saying the ivory was sent back to China on the presidential plane . Tanzania 's government has not responded to Chinese Embassy requests for comment on the claims . The two traders claimed that a fortnight before the state visit , Chinese buyers began purchasing thousands of kilos of ivory , the report says . China lost equivalent of One elephants a day in 2006 , environmental group says .
Environmental group claims Chinese delegation went on an ivory buying spree in Tanzania . It cites local traders saying the ivory was sent back to China on the presidential plane . Tanzania 's government has not responded to Chinese Embassy requests for comment on the claims . China lost equivalent of One elephants a day in 2006 , environmental group says .