EBay accused of fueling illegal ivory trade
Published May 15th, 2007
Illegal ivory trading flourishes on the Internet because online auction sites do too little to enforce laws aimed at protecting endangered wildlife, a wildlife advocacy group says.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, in a report published Tuesday, said Internet users often were able to offer goods such as ivory necklaces for sale without documentation to prove the items were lawful.
An investigation of 2,275 ivory listings during seven days in February — which examined eBay Inc. sites in the United States, Britain, China, and other countries — found laws were not being rigorously enforced, the report says.
