Yahoo! Auction site and other ivory products prohibited from handling August 29th, 4:01
As for ivory, where international trade is prohibited under the Washington Convention, IT giant Yahoo has decided to ban trade on the operated auction site.
According to Yahoo, several cases have been confirmed in which ivory products traded through the auction site “Yahoo! Auctions” were illegally taken out of the country and caught by Chinese customs in April.
Yahoo decided to “take this seriously”, and based on advice from environmental groups, we decided to ban ivory products from all services such as auction sites from November 1st. .
Ivory products are allowed to be bought and sold domestically, but under the Washington Convention, international trade has been prohibited in principle since 1990.
There is a criticism of the current state of Japan that is allowed to be sold domestically in Africa that promotes illegal transactions from African countries, and international environmental protection organizations also handle ivory products for Yahoo! Auctions! I requested to stop.