by Adam Cruise | Oct 16, 2023 | News
By University of Portsmouth, Phys.org Conservationists fear a rise in the buying and selling of mammoth tusks, known as the “ice ivory” trade, poses a new threat to elephants. A UK-wide ban on the sale of ivory came into force in 2018, following a...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 2, 2022 | News
By Thobo Motlhoka, The Independent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should act to thwart Botswana and other southern African countries’ desire to have the ban on legal ivory sale lifted, a coalition of British conservation groups has said. The statement by...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 3, 2021 | Commentary
By Tracy Keeling – The Canary The UK government proudly announced that one of “the world’s toughest bans on ivory sales” had become law in December 2018. It described the ban in the Ivory Act as “world-leading”. But two and a half years later, the act still...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 10, 2021 | News
By Mirage News The UK’s world-leading ban on importing, exporting and dealing in items containing elephant ivory in the UK moves a step closer today following the launch of a consultation on the implementation of the Ivory Act. Once implemented, the Ivory Act, which...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 27, 2020 | News
By Jane Dalton – The Independent A delay in implementing a ban on selling ivory is costing elephants’ lives, experts say, with items made of tusks still being legally sold in the UK. Auction houses and dealers are still profiting from the ivory...
