Steep Rise in Ivory Sales and Availability in Thailand

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/steep-rise-in-ivory-sales-and-availability-in-thailand?utm_campaign=wildlife-crime&utm_medium=email&utm_source=enews-wwf&utm_content=1407c


New undercover report from TRAFFIC finds disturbing growth in the world’s largest unregulated ivory market




DATE: July 02, 2014

hough Thailand reveres elephants and holds the animals as an important part of national identity, the country remains one of the most problematic worldwide when it comes to the illegal ivory trade.

A new undercover survey of markets in Thailand’s capital Bangkok from January 2013 until May 2014 by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, revealed:

A significant increase in the availability of ivory products, from 5,865 items to 14,512 items in the past 18 months
A steep rise in the number of outlets selling ivory in Thailand's capital city, from 61 to 120

FULL story at link.

[shenmue]

1. Good Lord

Can't these assholes just wear something else? In a few years, there aren't going to be any elephants left.

[Blue_Tires]

2. You'd think someone could make a fortune off of making

some kind of synthetic or artificial ivory...

[MoonRiver]

3. Demented greedy bastards.

Have I said how much I hate the human species today?

[MFM008]

4. all for trinkets

and ugly ones. Ivory is beautiful only on the grower.