Submitted on Friday 28th October 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 1st November 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Urge the UK Government to prohibit national commercial ivory sales
Africa is currently losing c. 30,000 elephants per year to poachers. The illegal ivory trade is out of control, with legal domestic ivory markets providing opportunities for illegal ivory to be laundered. Current legislation aimed at controlling the UK’s domestic ivory market is not fit for purpose.
We petition to:
Close all remaining legal loopholes that facilitate the laundering of illegal ivory as ‘antique’ (pre-1947) and pre-Convention (pre-1975) by introducing a total ban on domestic ivory trade.
Provide additional resources and funding to bring enhanced security to human communities that live alongside wild elephants.
Increase efforts to disrupt the illegal ivory supply routes used by criminal syndicates.
Support demand reduction strategies in destination countries.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/165905
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