China is banning their ivory trade — a huge step for protecting elephants | NowThis

19K views · 242 reactions | This machine ate more than a ton of ivory today. The global ivory trade is currently responsible for the slaughter of up to 35,000 elephants a year (that’s 96 elephants per day, or one elephant every 15 minutes). In protest, the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System crushed more than one ton of ivory today in Times Square. #IvoryCrush | CNBC | Facebook

The World Wildlife Conference has voted to keep the ban on ivory trade. Around 20,000 elephants are illegally killed for their tusks every year. | HuffPost UK

BREAKING: UK ivory ban becoming law is the best Christmas gift for the world’s threatened elephants! Today, we and our campaign partners are delighted to see the UK Government’s Ivory Bill receive Royal Assent to become law. In future, most ivory sales in, to and from the UK will be treated as criminal offences. Mary Rice, our Executive Director, said: “Following on the heels of China’s closure of its own domestic ivory market at the start of the year, this is the best Christmas present the UK c