Ivory trade galore: Elephants not yet seeing the benefits of trade suspension

On 11 October, 93.9 kg of elephant ivory was confiscated in Zambia. Again, on 18 October, 22 tusks were seized in Zimbabwe. On 12 October, a man in British Columbia was prosecuted for illegally importing 30,000 pieces of African elephant ivory. It would be difficult to tell from recent events that just a few months ago a decision was made to implement a “resting period” with no new ivory trade proposals permitted for a period of nine years (after stockpile sales go through).