Mongabay: The United States will enforce a “near-total ban” on the commercial trade of elephant ivory. The move, announced today by the Fish & Wildlife Service, comes after years of campaigning by environmental and conservation groups over the large-scale slaughter of elephants across Africa and Asia. Conservationists immediately welcomed the decision. “The USA is shutting down the bloody ivory market that is wiping out Africa’s elephants,” said Cristián Samper, President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation…

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