I'm very hopeful that this new bill will help get rid of the high demand of ivory. So many species of elephantes have been unnecessarily killed and put on the endangered species list because of the demand for their tusks. I agree and feel like the initial demand for ivory will go down once it is deemed illegal because people will be more apprehensive about buying it. When ivory is being illegally poached and legally sold it is easier for people's moral compass to sway and be alrigbt with purchasing such goods since they can't know for sure weather the ivory they are purchasing was aquired legally or illgally. I don't think this bill will be able to rectify the situation completely because there will still be those people out there that want it even more since it will become harder to come by. I just hope for the elephantes sake it severely decreases the amount that are poached each year!
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