More Restrictions on Ivory!
Good news for animal lovers everywhere!
Under current guidelines, ivory can be sold if it was brought into the United States before it was listed as endangered or if the elephant died of natural causes, as long as there is documentation. The new rules will restrict those sales to genuine antiques, like ivory statues, artwork or chiseled chess pieces, that have been lawfully imported, as well as items like musical instruments that were made using less than 200 grams of ivory.
I'm not a vegetarian (tried and failed), but I fully believe killing for sport is just not great. Ivory's already been illegal for a while in the U.S., but this will make it even harder for our beautiful pachyderm companions to live in peace (now if we could only get China to agree not to import ivory).
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Ivory chess pieces and
piano keys have been banned for years, I believe, already.
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Yeah, the restrictions are a little confusing when I read them
but I think they're supposed to be illegal unless they're classified antiques from before the ban. I think the biggest change here is that you can't make anything from elephants who died of natural causes (which makes sense because that means you're propping up the market). You want to remove as many chance to buy as possible.