eBay is banning the sale of ivory products on their site starting in December. The International Fund for Animal Welfare as well as other groups have written reports criticizing eBay for not keeping a closer eye on who does business through their site. “In one instance, a user purchased a pair of elephant tusks off eBay for more than $21,000,” IFAW said in a statement.
The online auction house will now be enforcing the ban to cover other things such as jewelry and chess pieces that are made from ivory starting in January. This ban will not include sales of pianos or other such products that are partly made from ivory but are not specifically made from it.
The IFAW put a report out this week showing the results of an investigation of products that are made from endangered animals and the sales of animals themselves online. Most of the illegal sales have been transacted over eBay despite their efforts to ban elephant ivory product sales.
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