The Essentia Blog

Ebay is finally getting the ivory out - for good.  Their announcement on October 20 pre-empted the October 21 release of a report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “Killing With Keystrokes”, which documents how online auction sites have become a flashpoint for trading in illegal animal parts and objects made from endangered species.  You can download a copy of the report from IFAW’s website.

The video below features highlights from the press conference that IFAW held yesterday.  The audio is not very good - you’ll need to turn up your volume a bit to hear her speak.  One of the highlights is startling - they found roughly 1000 items a week which violated some form of wildlife conservation law.  Here’s a thought - Ebay could hire IFAW to police the site for them.  Wouldn’t both organizations win?  What do you think?