Currently, ivory can be legally bought and sold in the United States as long as it is considered legally obtained or already within the country. However, elephants are still being poached at an alarming rate and the legal market can provide cover for the illegal ivory trade.
I'm asking you to help stop this needless slaughter of an important, self-aware organism by helping to do away with the legal ivory trade in America. Elephant populations in both Africa and Asia are disappearing more rapidly than many people are aware, and if the U.S. can take steps to halt this growing tragedy than hopefully a powerful, global movement will develop as a result. Previous measures have simply not done enough and it's time to really put our foot down in rescuing the elephants of the world.