> ivory acquired before a worldwide ban in 1989
This allows those who own ivory, potential many historical, to trade in those pieces.
How does this contribute to extinction? Unless there's time travel involved.
This allows those who own ivory, potential many historical, to trade in those pieces.
How does this contribute to extinction? Unless there's time travel involved.
a.) sustains a market for ivory
b.) a lot of ivory has falsified paperwork
c.) enforcement of these rules is costly and there isn't enough people to do it http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/overwh.... For example, the Fish and Wildlife service in New York has 6 employees which are supposed to be checking all cargo coming to NYC and NJ. That's very few people for the job.
A centralized database just creates a lucrative side business for the sysadmins.
There are also lots of other endangered species, though the big mammals make the biggest news stories.