Let them be free: stop live elephant exports to China, ban trade in ivory permanently | “OUR WORLD”
Let them be free: stop live elephant exports to China, ban trade in ivory permanently
We, the nature-loving people of Namibia and like-minded international friends: Record our utter dismay at the intention of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia to re-instate international trade in ivory over the clear objections from the other 14 elephant range countries in Africa; Are shocked and disappointed at their threat to break away from CITES , should their demand the right to auction off their official ivory stockpiles; Are dismayed at their strong-arming tactics that are tantamount to political blackmail of CITES , especially after their trade proposal was overwhelmingly rejected at the last COP meeting; Remind the responsible officials that the past two ivory auctions were a complete failure because the Asian buyers colluded to keep the prices ridiculously…
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