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“Internet auction site eBay has changed its policy on ivory sales ahead of the release of a damning report on the effect of online trading of wildlife products.” - CTV.ca

“The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) today issued a new report charging that users of eBay.com are behind two thirds of the online trade in endangered animals worldwide, specifically, ivory made from tusks ripped from poached elephants. The report comes just months after IFAW accused eBay, Inc., of failing to clamp down on the illegal animal sales and a day after the San Jose, Calif., company announced a global ban on the sale of most types of ivory (with the exception of “antique” items made before 1900 that contain small bits of ivory, such as antique piano keys or tables with ivory inlay).” - Scientific American

“Three art pieces direct from the trunks of Alana, Icky and Nicole, three of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Asian elephants, will go on exhibit Friday at Digital Labrador, 2130 Washington St.The paintings are being offered in three auctions via eBay throughout August. All proceeds will go to Operation Breakthrough, which helps children living in poverty.” - www.kansascity.com

“Sourcing a piece of illegal ivory could be as easy as a click of a mouse and locating a willing seller on one of the world’s largest websites.” - IOL

“An animal welfare group charges that eBay sales of ivory are brisker than ever a year after the online marketplace promised to restrict the sale of products made from animal teeth and tusks—many of which come from endangered species.” - Scientific American

“Efforts to protect endangered African elephants from the threat of extinction are being undermined by a burgeoning ivory smuggling network run by Asian crime gangs and by a “rampant trade” in illegal ivory on auction Web sites such as eBay, according to two new reports.” - CNN.com

“The elephant, the world’s largest land mammal, is being threatened with global extinction by a “rampant trade” in ivory on the eBay online auction site, animal welfare campaigners said on Tuesday.” - Reuters.com

“The zoo’s elephants have taken paintbrush in trunk to create a limited series of paintings using Seahawks colors to commemorate Super Bowl XL on 11-by-14-inch and 10-by-20-inch canvases. One of the paintings will be presented to the Hawks after the Super Bowl, and the others will be on sale on eBay and at the ZooStore, with proceeds to benefit the zoo’s animal care, conservation and education programs” - The Seattle Times

“The EzBayer Store in Forth Worth, Texas, which opened in mid-2004, is offering a very unique painting on eBay with 100% of the proceeds from its sale going to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. The Fort Worth Zoo donated a Pachyderm Painting by 31-year-old Rasha, an Asian elephant born in Thailand but best known for the paintings she has produced since 1996. This creative and beautiful item was painted on January 5, 2005 for the purpose of supporting disaster relief efforts in the devastated Indian Ocean region.” - i-Newswire.com

“That exquisite little carved-ivory elephant for sale on eBay is described as a Chinese antique. Then again, it could be an illegal piece of tusk from an African elephant shot last year.” - csmonitor.com