The pending ban on antique/vintage/pre-ban elephant ivory in the US, which with its guilty-until-proven-innocent approach to enforcement also puts the owners of fossil and other ivories at risk, continues to move forward.
Everyone who works ivory (any kind), owns ivory or knives with ivory on them, or sells to customers with a significant investment in ivory handled knives needs to be very concerned about this.
On March 20, 2014 the Presidential Task Force's Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, the group that has proposed the ban, will hold an important hearing. Concerned persons who cannot attend need to submit written comments about the ban by Monday, March 17. Comments can be e-mailed to Mr. Cade London, Special Assistant, USFWS International Affairs, at [email protected].
Ideas to include in your letter and a detailed article explaining the proposed ban can be found here: Info on Ivory Ban
Mark Z
This is the notice and details for the March 20, 2014 public meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking as set out in the notice in the Federal Register, click: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/03/04/2014-04676/advisory-council-on-wildlife-trafficking-meeting#p-6
As Mark noted, the deadline for receipt of public comments by email or letter is March 17, 2014.
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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Update from Time magazine dated july 25, 2015 on the Ivory Ban issue:
Dan Cassidy
Journeyman Smith
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What a load of, well you know. This will do nothing to stop illegal poaching. Also it will make any knife maker that has ivory basically a criminal and his ivory worthless. Of course they will not be able to discriminate between elephant, walrus, mammoth, or others. Definitely not good for us. Just my two cents. Thank you for posting this Dan.
Brion
Brion Tomberlin
Anvil Top Custom Knives
ABS Mastersmith
