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Outreach | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. YOUR TREASURES ARE IN DANGER! STOP FEDERAL MEDDLING IN YOUR JEWELRY BOX. Protect your investments and your rights! Pending U.S. Government regulations will take away your right to own and sell ivory, including your heirlooms, jewelry, collectibles and art. The threat is real! Take this ad and send it to your Senator and Representative and tell them why you would suffer If the Government bans the sale and movement of ivory objects. Click on the ad to download a PDF version.

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Declaration | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. A DECLARATION OF THE POLITICAL ACTION NETWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL IVORY SOCIETY. Toward this goal, it ought to be noted that ivory has fulfilled a key role in most of the world’s civilizations since the beginning of recorded time. Indeed, because of its near permanent properties, it has long been one of the most important ways to preserve historically significant facts. But ivory has also served over time to:. Express the spirit, majesty, and beauty of religious themes;.

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Elephants and Ivory – The Truth About the Current Situation | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. Elephants and Ivory – The Truth About the Current Situation. February 13, 2015. A Practical Solution to the Issue. The Federal government’s recent effort to ban the sale and movement of objects made from or with ivory has gone quiet for the moment, perhaps in the face of the 2014 political changes in Congress. But the election results certainly haven’t slowed any of the animal rights groups from their concerted effort to demonize ivory. How can banning trade in important cult...

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Banning ivory sales is unfair and unworkable | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. Banning ivory sales is unfair and unworkable. June 26, 2015. Despite its surface good intentions, the Assembly speaker’s bill to virtually end all sales of ivory objects in California is going to do more harm than good. Declares that after next July, any object made substantially from or with ivory cannot be sold in the state. AB 96 which passed the Assembly and is set for a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. Let’s start with basic econom...

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The Difference Between African and Asian Ivory | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. The Difference Between African and Asian Ivory. June 23, 2014. African ivory has always been preferred over Asian (or Indian) ivory for a number of reasons. These reasons suggest why nearly everything found in older ivory items of higher quality were almost certainly from African animals. In fact, even a lot of worked ivory from India arose from material first imported from African sources. Despite this, these pieces entered Western markets as Asian ivory. Grandma’s Cam...

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Kenya Ivory Burning | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. March 14, 2015. SURPRISINGLY, ONE OF LIFE’S TEACHABLE MOMENTS. Authorities in Kenya set some 15 tons of ivory tusks on fire to show fidelity to World Wildlife Day on March 3rd. As the caption of the picture below that appeared in the next day’s issue of The New York Times noted:. The event was intended to discourage poaching and illegal ivory trading. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Thank You for Your Help! African ivo...

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How to save both elephants and the ivory trade | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. How to save both elephants and the ivory trade. July 24, 2014. Because of British currency restrictions enacted just before World War II, my father had to come up with an innovative way of getting his cash out of England when, fearing a German invasion, we immigrated to the United States. He settled on silver. Before leaving, he purchased all the Georgian silver objects he could find, with the idea of selling them once the family reached America. These draconian new rules hav...

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Letter to Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. Letter to Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. June 26, 2015. June 16, 2015. The Honorable Fran Pavley. Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. State Capitol Room 5046. Sacramento, California 95814. RE: Assembly Bill 96 (Atkins). On behalf of the Ivory Education Institute I am expressing our opposition to AB 96. The Ivory Education Institute is headquartered in Los Angeles and is dedicated to enhancing understanding of the cultural importance of ivory. Why is i...

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Key Articles | Ivory Education Institute

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Ivory's Cultural Importance. Category Archives: Key Articles. Keep Your Hands Off Africa! October 29, 2015. Was deeply involved in the management of both Hwange and Gonarezhou National Parks in Zimbabwe. He is the author of many books on conservation in Africa ( http:/ www.ronthomsonshuntingbooks.co.za. So where do these damned First World animal rightists get their propaganda figures from? And why is the IUCN et al, not more concerned about elephant habitat damage than they are concerned about elephant ...