Tira
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The US Government is moving quickly to ban commercial use of ivory in the United States in the hopes of reducing the poaching of African Elephants. The President announced his policy on February 11, and the US Fish & Wildlife Service has started issuing directives to implement the policy.
My husband is working with groups including the NRA to bring attention to the harm this will cause businesses and collectors who have always followed the law regarding the 1989 ivory ban. The 1989 ban was the most recent in a series of laws that banned the import/export of ivory except under specific circumstances, but allowed the commercial trade of ivory domestically that was in the US before the ban.
This is not a partisan issue. Please don't turn this thread into vents about partisan views. We are trying to find ways to head off what could be draconian regulations to implement the new policy.
If working with ivory is a significant part of your business, or if you have customers who own ivory pieces that will be rendered worthless by this ban, please contact my husband Rob at RMitchell@CorrMitchell.com. He can help link you with appropriate authorities and/or organizations who want to stop poaching without killing the domestic ivory industry. Business interests have been caught off guard with this ban, so time is of the essence identifying those who the ban will hurt and how much it will cost the economy.
For more information and links to source documents, click here for an article Rob has written and posted on his website.
My husband is working with groups including the NRA to bring attention to the harm this will cause businesses and collectors who have always followed the law regarding the 1989 ivory ban. The 1989 ban was the most recent in a series of laws that banned the import/export of ivory except under specific circumstances, but allowed the commercial trade of ivory domestically that was in the US before the ban.
This is not a partisan issue. Please don't turn this thread into vents about partisan views. We are trying to find ways to head off what could be draconian regulations to implement the new policy.
If working with ivory is a significant part of your business, or if you have customers who own ivory pieces that will be rendered worthless by this ban, please contact my husband Rob at RMitchell@CorrMitchell.com. He can help link you with appropriate authorities and/or organizations who want to stop poaching without killing the domestic ivory industry. Business interests have been caught off guard with this ban, so time is of the essence identifying those who the ban will hurt and how much it will cost the economy.
For more information and links to source documents, click here for an article Rob has written and posted on his website.