Hong Kong considers halt to ivory trade

HONG Kong is considering an end to the local ivory trade within the next five years.

The city allows trade in “pre-convention ivory” — products such as ivory carvings acquired before 1975 — as long as they are accompanied by certificates.

Officials yesterday discussed a plan to completely ban all forms of ivory trading by the end of 2021 after sustained campaigning from activists who argued that the legal trade masked an illegal parallel trade which encouraged the killing of elephants. …

Shanghai Daily (subscription) – June 28, 2016
www.shanghaidaily.com/nation/H…

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Activists project dying whales on Icelandic restaurants in protest

Animal rights activists from the NGO Hard To Port projected images of dying whales on the walls of Icelandic restaurant Fjalakötturinn in Reykjavík.

In a press release sent to Iceland Monitor it says, “The graphic footage was displayed in order to highlight and raise awareness about the brutal hunt of minke whales in Icelandic coastal waters.” …

Iceland Monitor – June 27, 2016; 03:30 PM
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/new…

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Published by „the fellbeißer“© (June 27, 2016)
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