Prince William has long been campaigning against the sale of ivory in the UK and urged the government to pass a total ban on domestic sales in 2016. Attending a wildlife conference in Vietnam he said "Ivory is not something to be desired and when removed from an elephant it is not beautiful. So, the question is: why are we still trading it? We need governments to send a clear signal that trading in ivory is abhorrent."
It appears that a complete ban on all ivory is now gathering momentum. Last year when the Convention International Trade In Endangered Species (CITES) convention agreed to include domestic trade in an international ivory ban, it was China who surprisingly agreed to it with a declaration that it would ban its own ivory trade by end 2017. The planned decision of the ivory ban by UK decision was influenced by eminent personalities such as Prince William, Stephen Hawking, Jane Goodall, the WWF and the most pressing fact that the UK will host a major illegal wildlife conference in 2018.
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