China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
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Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#2Good move, but that gives those traders about 12 months to "kick up the volume" of ivory traded.
After that, it becomes a typical black market affair, kinda like trade in stolen art works.
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#3Good move, but that gives those traders about 12 months to "kick up the volume" of ivory traded. After that, it becomes a typical black market affair, kinda like trade in stolen art works.
China's effort to reduce shark fin soup consumption was incredibly effective. I hope this will be equally successful.
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#4Woot! Thank you China! Elephants are my favorite animal and it's sad to see such magestic creatures slaughtered for such nominal things. Or any animal for that matter. Shark fin soup? Seriously what a waste of a needed predator.
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#5How is this hacker news?
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#6Good move, but that gives those traders about 12 months to "kick up the volume" of ivory traded. After that, it becomes a typical black market affair, kinda like trade in stolen art works.
China's effort to reduce shark fin soup consumption was incredibly effective. I hope this will be equally successful.
interesting. i would have thought they would choose not to enforce
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#7Woot! Thank you China! Elephants are my favorite animal and it's sad to see such magestic creatures slaughtered for such nominal things. Or any animal for that matter. Shark fin soup? Seriously what a waste of a needed predator.
I once saw shark fin soup on a high-end restaurant's menu in Dubai, sometime in 2013. I asked a waitress and she said they weren't serving it any more. The menu hadn't been updated, so the change must have been recent. I was pretty disgusted by the whole thing to be frank.
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#8Woot! Thank you China! Elephants are my favorite animal and it's sad to see such magestic creatures slaughtered for such nominal things. Or any animal for that matter. Shark fin soup? Seriously what a waste of a needed predator.
What is there to like about elephants? Honest question. To me they look like gigantic rocks who shit a lot. But of course that could be said of many animals. ;P
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#9OK... how about rhino horn? Compared to rhinos, elephants are in zero danger. Not defending poachers, but this is the wrong thing to prioritize. (Also cheetahs, and probably a lot of other species)
Re: China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
#10Woot! Thank you China! Elephants are my favorite animal and it's sad to see such magestic creatures slaughtered for such nominal things. Or any animal for that matter. Shark fin soup? Seriously what a waste of a needed predator.
What is there to like about elephants? Honest question. To me they look like gigantic rocks who shit a lot. But of course that could be said of many animals. ;P
They also wreck habitat for other animals who are in more danger. They are very destructive eaters.