Virginia Strikes State Ivory Ban
Washington State Ivory Ban Needs Your Calls Now
Great News! - The Virginia Senate Committee for Courts of Justice voted 13-0 to strike the recently introduced Virginia State Ivory Ban bill, SB 1215, at the request of sponsor Senator Adam Ebbin (D-30). Ebbin made the request after an alliance of organizations opposed to the bill helped make it clear to the committee members that it was terribly problematic for honest, law-abiding Virginians, stealing millions in value from them, and that it would not save a single living elephant in Africa.
When allowed the opportunity to explain the facts involved and the reality of the illicit trade in elephant ivory, in which Americans have virtually no involvement whatsoever, we have a good chance of changing the minds of those who have been mislead by emotionally charged and politically motivated efforts to
legal elephant ivory that's been in the country for decades and mammoth ivory that's 10,000 years old.
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