Ban Elephant ivory. Why to kill innocent animal for just ivory
Ivory has been traded for hundreds of years by people in regions such as Greenland, Alaska, and Siberia. The trade, in more recent times, has led to endangerment of species, resulting in restrictions and bans. Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys and other decorative items because of the white color it presents when processed but the piano industry abandoned ivory as a key covering material in the 1970s. Elephant ivory has been exported from Africa and Asia for centuries with records going back to the 14th century BCE . Throughout the colonisation of Africa ivory was removed, often using slaves to carry the tusks , to be used for piano keys, billiard balls and other expressions of exotic wealth. [3] Ivory hunters were responsible for wiping out elephants in North Africa perhaps about 1,000 years ago, in much of South Africa in the 19th century and most of West Africa by the end of the 20th century. At the peak of the ivory trade, pre-20th century, during the colo