Title
Hope for the Elephants: The U.S. is finally shutting down the ivory market that's wiping out Africa's elephants
Author(s)
Samper, Cristián
Published
2016
Publisher
U.S. News and World Report
Abstract
This week the Obama administration announced a near-total ban on the interstate trade in ivory. The approval of the so-called "4(d) Rule" of the Endangered Species Act for African Elephants will close most ivory trade within the U.S. to protect elephants.
The result of years of advocacy efforts directed at U.S. leadership, the rule comes as Africa's elephants find themselves under increasingly dire threat. Roughly 35,000 elephants have been lost across the continent for their ivory every year – an average of 96 elephants each day. Between 2002 and 2013, central Africa's forest elephant population declined by two-thirds. Too often these elephant deaths are magnified by the tragic murder of wildlife rangers dedicated to protecting them.
Keywords
Africa;Barack Obama;Obama administration;China;exports;imports;international trade;animals
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