IFAW

Twenty years after the ivory ban, elephants are in crisis again with two countries wanting to re-open the ivory trade by selling their stockpiles. IFAW believes ANY ivory trade leads to an increase in poaching as it supplies a smokescreen for poachers to sell illegal ivory. This view is supported by the 23-country strong African Elephant Coalition. They need the EU's support in their fight against poaching. Recent stockpile sales to Japan and China resulted in a large increase in seizures of illegal ivory and poaching. Elephants in Senegal and Sierra Leone are already being wiped out. The only solution is a total ban on ivory sales if we want any chance of saving this magnificent species.