Rejected petition Close the UK's domestic ivory market and ban the ivory trade

Africa is currently losing c. 30,000 elephants per year to poachers. The illegal ivory trade is out of control, with legal domestic ivory markets providing opportunities for illegal ivory to be laundered. Current legislation aimed at controlling the UK’s domestic ivory market is not fit for purpose.

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We petition to:

Close all remaining legal loopholes that facilitate the laundering of illegal ivory as ‘antique’ (pre-1947) and pre-Convention (pre-1975) by introducing a total ban on domestic ivory trade.

Provide additional resources and funding to bring enhanced security to human communities that live alongside wild elephants.

Increase efforts to disrupt the illegal ivory supply routes used by criminal syndicates

Support demand reduction strategies in destination countries

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/165905

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Date submitted 28 October 2016
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