Internet sales put Americans high on the list of consumers. Washington offers leadership to ban all domestic sales, build global networks of enforcement.
United States Emerges as Big Ivory Market, Seeks Global Ban
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Hunters buy special permits from some African governments to hunt large wildlife on a restricted basis. Fees sometimes help fund animal conservation progrems. When the Dallas Safari Club auctioned a permit to hunt an endangered black rhino, the FBI investigated death threat claims. The club's executive director, Ben Carter, (right), was photographed with a wildlife artist at the club's January, 2014 show.