The Guardian view on an ivory ban: tusk trade rules need teeth | Editorial

No markets in elephant ivory should be legalised. They would sustain demand and provide a cover for illegal trading and poachingThe illegal trade in endangered fauna and flora is the world’s fourth biggest, after the trades in drugs, counterfeit goods and people. The difference is that there is no shortage of the other three. Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed by poachers. A third of Africa’s savannah elephants were slaughtered between 2007 and 2014. On current trends, by the ti