nininaz
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Hello Teachers,
According to the following reports , what is the meaning of bold contexts?
Shrinking? and laundered?
To meet this demand, smugglers in Myanmar capture and tame wild elephants from the country's shrinking herds. The young elephants are caught in pit-traps, cruelly beaten to break their spirits and then smuggled across the border. The Thai authorities have cracked down
on this trade with some success over the past two years, but campaigners believe that criminals are now stocking up, ready to transport the animals once again, when restrictions end.
Traffic and other campaigners want to see a toughening up of the laws in Thailand. Elephants don't have to be registered there until they are eight years old, creating an opportunity for smuggled calves to be 'laundered' into the domestic population.
Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140707_witn_elephants_story.shtml
According to the following reports , what is the meaning of bold contexts?
Shrinking? and laundered?
To meet this demand, smugglers in Myanmar capture and tame wild elephants from the country's shrinking herds. The young elephants are caught in pit-traps, cruelly beaten to break their spirits and then smuggled across the border. The Thai authorities have cracked down
on this trade with some success over the past two years, but campaigners believe that criminals are now stocking up, ready to transport the animals once again, when restrictions end.
Traffic and other campaigners want to see a toughening up of the laws in Thailand. Elephants don't have to be registered there until they are eight years old, creating an opportunity for smuggled calves to be 'laundered' into the domestic population.
Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140707_witn_elephants_story.shtml