Woolly mammoths, long-buried in permafrost—until now—are valued for their “ice ivory.” When carved, their tusks are hard to distinguish from those of elephants.
A global summit on the wildlife trade will consider the proposal, which could further restrict the ivory trade.
ONE OF THE most surprising proposals under discussion at the giant global wildlife trade treaty meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, is about woolly mammoths—creatures that once wandered huge tracts of North America, Europe, and northern Asia—and went extinct more than 4,000 years ago.
The move to consider adding an extinct species to the list of living, regulated animals is controversial, since the objective of the CITES treaty is to help prevent species today from being driven to extinction because of the international trade in wildlife products. The treaty doesn’t specifically preclude…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Nothing, absolutely nothing, is sacred to humans, except money.