New capital of the U.S. ivory trade: Washington, D.C.?
The seat of power in the United States appears to be the new hub of the country’s ivory trade, according to a report released Wednesday.
Washington, D.C., had three times more ivory items for sale than 10 years earlier, the report found, and more than any of the six major U.S. cities and six U.S. states surveyed.
The report, published this week by TRAFFIC, a non-profit that monitors the wildlife trade, offers a snapshot of the ivory trade in the U.S. based on items for sale found in ads and shops over a seven-week period — and provides further evidence that recent clampdowns have yet to choke off the illicit trade…
