EBay Announces Ban of All Ivory Sales
GREAT NEWS!!
Facing harsh pressure from conservation groups, eBay, the world’s largest online trading community, has decided to ban the sales of all ivory goods starting in 2009. It's a big shift for a company that still allows people to sell animal furs, animal traps and other items taken from dead animals (including endangered species)...
It is estimated that 20,000 elephants in Africa and Asia are slaughtered each year for their ivory. eBay has clearly taken the lead in elephant protection among Internet merchants.
Killing with keystrokes
eBay’s decision was announced just hours before the release of IFAW’s latest investigative report showing that Internet trade in wildlife poses a significant and immediate threat to the survival of elephants and many other endangered species.
The report, Killing with Keystrokes, followed a six-week investigation that tracked more than 7,000 wildlife product listings on 183 Web sites in 11 countries. eBay was singled out as the largest contributor to the problem, responsible for almost two-thirds of the online trade in wildlife products worldwide.
Read the report Killing with Keystrokes by IFAW
From News.bbc.co.: An eBay spokesman said the move was the best way to help African and Asian elephants. The endangered animals are often hunted for their ivory tusks....
Facing harsh pressure from conservation groups, eBay, the world’s largest online trading community, has decided to ban the sales of all ivory goods starting in 2009. It's a big shift for a company that still allows people to sell animal furs, animal traps and other items taken from dead animals (including endangered species)...
It is estimated that 20,000 elephants in Africa and Asia are slaughtered each year for their ivory. eBay has clearly taken the lead in elephant protection among Internet merchants.
Killing with keystrokes
eBay’s decision was announced just hours before the release of IFAW’s latest investigative report showing that Internet trade in wildlife poses a significant and immediate threat to the survival of elephants and many other endangered species.
The report, Killing with Keystrokes, followed a six-week investigation that tracked more than 7,000 wildlife product listings on 183 Web sites in 11 countries. eBay was singled out as the largest contributor to the problem, responsible for almost two-thirds of the online trade in wildlife products worldwide.
Read the report Killing with Keystrokes by IFAW
From News.bbc.co.: An eBay spokesman said the move was the best way to help African and Asian elephants. The endangered animals are often hunted for their ivory tusks....
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