Environmental

Obama Administration Announces New Restrictions on Ivory Sales to Save Elephants

African savannah elephant

African savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont.

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  President Obama announced new regulations today that restrict the trade of ivory across state lines and expand limits on ivory exports. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to crackdown on wildlife trade through President Obama’s National Strategy on Wildlife Trafficking.

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Elephantsacross Africa are being wiped out at a dizzying pace to feed the illegal market for ivory products, and the United States has…

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