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Alibaba.com bans sale of ivory, sea turtle and shark fin
The International Fund for Animal announced today that Alibaba the world's largest trading portal, has agreed to ban all online trade in elephant ivory, sea turtle,
and shark fin.
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IFAW Press Release | Alibaba, world’s largest B2B site, bans sale of ivory, sea turtle and shark fin | 12-26-2011
In addition, Alibaba has strengthened its internal control of wildlife products traded to accord to international and national regulations. Alibaba's announcement comes nearly a year after eBay, working with IFAW, agreed to ban the sale of all ivory products.
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The milestone decision was made following a year long collaboration between IFAW and Alibaba’s partner site, Taobao.com to raise awareness about the unsustainable and cruel trade of wildlife on the Internet.
IFAW encourages netizens to report online wildlife crime activities and helps portal sites filter out advertisements of wildlife products. To date, 333 wildlife product advertisements and 5 traders registered from Cameron, USA, and Canada have been removed from the Alibaba site.
Grace Gabriel, IFAW’s Asia Regional Director said, “From eBay to Taobao to Alibaba, a growing number of internet sites are taking responsibilities to protect the world’s precious wildlife from the threat of trade. It is a very encouraging trend.â€
For more information on IFAW, visit www.ifaw.org
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