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    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Wildlife activists are applauding the arrest by Tanzanian authorities of a Chinese woman for alleged ivory smuggling but caution that it's a small step toward stemming the "slaughter of industrial proportions" of elephants According to the government, Tanzania's elephant population plummeted from an estimated 109,051 in 2009 to 43,330 in 2014. Yang Feng Clan, 66, was charged Wednesday in Dar es Salaam alongside two Tanzanians with smuggling 1.9 tons of ivory between Jan. 1, 2000 and May 22, 2014. Their case was adjourned to Monday. "We are very happy to hear about this arrest since Tanzania has been facing a major catastrophe with the death of 30 elephants per day for several years now," Paula Kahumbu, a top wildlife conservationist, said Friday Tanzania has been largely in denial about the crisis, and anyone reporting on it has been threatened, she said. Kahumbu says she ...