Yahoo Japan defends online ivory trade

Petition signed by over 1 million people calls on company to halt ‘appalling’ trade estimated at 12m tonnes in recent yearsYahoo Japan has defended its online trade in ivory amid mounting pressure calling on the company to stop selling thousands of products on its auction site.
The company sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site between 2012 and 2014, prompting the activist network Avaaz to launch a petition that has at