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US REFUSES BRITISH MUSEUM’S IVORY ART

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British Museum’s ivory icons denied US entry for loan show
by VICTORIA STAPLEY-BROWN, The Art Newspaper
1 July 2015

The US Fish and Wildlife Service blocked the importation of six Byzantine ivory pieces due to come to the US on a loan from the British Museum for the travelling exhibition Saints and Dragons: Icons from Byzantium to Russia. The show, currently on view at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts and due to travel to the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, this autumn, centres on icons that are normally hidden away in storage at the London museum.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.amaraelephantblog.com

GR:  Perhaps historically and artistically important ivory artifacts should be duplicated and then destroyed.

Oppose the Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014

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Help Ban Ivory Sales throughout the U. S.

The Obama Administration’s announcement that it would ban ivory imports and sales in the U. S. was a big step on the way to protecting elephants.  Now, six months later, poachers have killed 15,000 more elephants, and the ban is still not in place,

Wildlife Conservation Society:  “Interest groups that value ivory sales over elephants’ lives have launched an all-out effort to weaken or eliminate any and all ivory bans. Right now there are bills in both the House and Senate that would not only kill a federal ban on ivory sales, but could effectively roll back any state efforts to ban ivory, including the recently enacted New Jersey State ivory ban.

“Each day we spend fighting these attacks means another 96 elephants are senselessly slaughtered. Tell your members of Congress to stand firm against any and all attacks on the federal ivory ban.”

U. S. Citizens go here to send the letter:

President Obama: Keep fighting poaching! – Wildlife Conservation Society

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President Obama just made an unprecedented move in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking. In a visit to Tanzania, the President launched a poaching crackdown, dedicating the United States to fighting back against poachers and criminal wildlife traffickers. His new $10 million initiative is devoted to protecting Africa’s iconic species from the threat of the bloody trade in illegal ivory.

We can’t think of a better ally in the fight to save elephants, rhinos, and other species driven to the brink of extinction by the illegal wildlife trade.

Let Obama know that we stand with him – and with elephants. Send your letter of support today!

Source: secure3.convio.net

Please sign the petition.