The Ivory Cycle
On the 24th March, China's State Forestry Administration listed 12 licensed ivory factories (out of 34) and 55 retail ivory shops (out of 143) that are to be closed by the end of March. Today, I believe! By the end of this year, all of these remaining businesses will cease, but is it enough? For China, this is step 1 in setting out a ban on ivory trade - making the act illegal throughout the country. Slowly but surely, this should but poachers out of business. Ivory ornaments for sale. Highly valued items could cost thousands of dollars Source: GETTY IMAGES Through history, we've seen a trend. As the overall economic wealth of a country has boomed, so has the demand for materialistic items so that people have something to squander their extra cash on. Despite how we scrutinise those people who demand such a valued material in our western world, we, in the UK, were in fact part of this trade once. Our ancestors did the same and we do ignore that fact. The African eleph...