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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 289255, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m really just venting.&nbsp; I am as horrified as anyone over the slaughter of the last remaining elephants to produce knickknacks &amp; for traditional &#039;medicine&#039;.&nbsp; But whenever there is a well-publicized crushing or burning of confiscated ivory or tusks, I know that if I were in the illegal trade I would see these actions as benefiting me, because they reduce supply without reducing demand, making ivory all the more valuable, all the more worth taking risks to get.</p><p><br /></p><p>Demand is not coming from western nations.&nbsp; There is no doubt enough antique &amp; vintage ivory, such as this necklace, to satisfy this part of the world.&nbsp; China closed down some ivory carving workshops, but that also does nothing to reduce demand.&nbsp; I&#039;m convinced that the best way to drastically reduce the demand in Asia is to convince the men that just so much as looking at ivory will cause impotence.&nbsp; Maybe instead of paying wardens to try to catch poachers we should be spending the money to provide free Viagra.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of ivory bracelets that my mother bought when it was legal.&nbsp; I would not mind donating the proceeds to an elephant conservation effort if I were allowed to sell them.&nbsp; The ivory pieces in my collection, although I do not have the supporting documentation, do not look like anything being made now.&nbsp; I have felt that treasuring them &amp; appreciating their beauty is a way of honoring the elephants who lost their lives so they could be made.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]93449[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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