Because it isn't working. They can't get enough cooperation from local authorities and the trade is lucrative enough to warrant high bribes along with risking the penalties. So when you can't cut off supply, the next tactic is to attack demand. If it becomes unfashionable to buy or own ivory, it stops being lucrative.
Because it isn't working. They can't get enough cooperation from local authorities and the trade is lucrative enough to warrant high bribes along with risking the penalties. So when you can't cut off supply, the next tactic is to attack demand. If it becomes unfashionable to buy or own ivory, it stops being lucrative.
It's always corruption at the end of the day. What a world we live in.
That's a thought, I'll add it to corruption.