Hyperallergic

To Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade, You Have to Stop the Art

Illegal carved ivory (photograph by Bill Butcher, via U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region) These episodes mark the first time there’s been public destruction of ivory in non-African ...
Artnet

Antiques Traders Angry at the UK’s Ivory Ban, One of the World’s Toughest, Have Lost Their Fight to Overturn It in Court

The UK’s Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge from antiques dealers trying to reverse the country’s near-total ban on ivory trading. The Ivory Act passed into law in December 2018 amid ...
VTDigger

Grassroots efforts to protect endangered species result in a bill banning ivory trade

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Artnet

The E.U. Has Beefed Up Its Anti-Ivory Regulations, Banning Outright the Trade of Raw Animal Tusks

The European Union (EU) has stepped up its restrictions on the ivory trade, which lawmakers hope will curb poaching practices as several species of elephant become increasingly endangered. Set to go ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Ivory Trade Ban Essential to Save Elephants

As world leaders gather in London on February 13 to attend a summit—hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and attended by Prince Charles and Prince William—to confront the escalating poaching ...
Traffic

Illegal ivory trade rising

Cambridge, UK, 10th November 2009—The illicit trade in ivory, which has been increasing in volume since 2004, moved sharply upward in 2009, according to the latest analysis of seizure data in the ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Library of Congress Event Unveils Graphic Novel on Grim Reality of Ivory Trade

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress hosted a ceremony this afternoon at the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How DNA Testing Could Bring Down Ivory Trade’s Biggest Criminals

New genetic evidence confirms that ivory poaching in Africa involves only a few powerful players who consolidate the goods for illegal trade abroad. robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo Behind every ...
Mashable

Countries call for end to domestic ivory trade as elephants disappear

A new resolution to ban all domestic ivory sales has been passed by a global group of conservationists and governments. The measure, adopted Saturday at a major summit in Hawaii, aims to curb the ...
WTEN

Ivory seized from illegal trade on display at NYS Museum

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Illegal ivory, seized as part of a statewide crackdown, is now on display at the New York State Museum. The ivory was taken as part of a three-year operation launched by the ...
Traffic

Often Overlooked Ivory Trade – a rapid assessment of the international trade in hippo ivory

Following several developments— including an auction of hippo teeth and a proposed cull of hippos in Tanzania, the cancellation and reinstatement of a hippo cull in Zambia, and a call for evidence on ...