Defeat Bill Intended to Overturn U.S. Ivory Ban (E action to help elephants!)

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Defeat Bill Intended to Overturn U.S. Ivory Ban

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In Defense of AnimalsSenator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), whose endorsements include the National Rifle Association, has introduced a bill (The Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014; S. 2587/H.R. 5052) to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from implementing much needed regulations in the U.S. to combat elephant ivory trafficking.

This bill is wrong at a time when nearly 100 elephants are brutally killed by poachers every single day.

Senator Alexander, with the support from Congressman Steve Daines (R-MT), claim to be concerned about the new rules impacting any owners of "legal" ivory, however the FWS’s new rules allow for the possession of legally owned ivory, so in reality, their concern is for gun owners and "sportsmen," whose guns and rifles, knives, and weapon cleaning equipment often contain ivory from killed elephants and for elephant trophy hunters.

Their narrow preference for "sportsmen" should come as no surprise as Senator Alexander and Representative Daines are both members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, the congressional voice of hunters, anglers, and trappers, which is supported by the Safari Club International and other atrocious trophy hunting clubs.

The FWS's efforts to establish rules to prohibit or restrict the possession, sale, or transport of elephant ivory within the U.S. are urgently needed as any ivory trade increases the demand for ivory and encourages poaching, particularly because it is so difficult to tell old ivory apart from new ivory.

Read the bill's text here.

Read here about American trophy hunters continuing killing African elephants (even the new FWS rules would still allow the import of two elephant ‘trophies’ per hunter every year).

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