EcoWatch: President Obama, along with the U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service, announced regulations Thursday to ban nearly all commercial elephant ivory trade in the country.
This landmark decision, coming from the country with the second-largest market for ivory, should have a significant impact on the trade. The ban helps fulfill President Obama`s 2013 executive order to combat wildlife trafficking.
Were excited the Obama administration has taken this important step to reduce the domestic trade...