A shocking new study reports that $2 billion of ivory was legally traded in the United States over a little more than a decade despite international bans, according to new research from Faunalytics.
The study analyzed the legal wildlife trade, using U.S. Fish and Wildlife data collected from 2000 to 2014 and found that the United States imported more than $1.4 million of ivory carvings and more than $330 million of ivory pieces over the period. Please read the full article by clicking here.