EBay to block sales of ivory products

By Charlie October 24, 2008 No comments yet

In a welcome moveEBay Inc will ban trading in ivory products from next year after IFAW found over 4,000 elephant ivory listings by sellers. Elephants are protected under CITES and EBay had (unwittingly) become a major market-place for illegal trades.

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