Well done Ebay

[madonplants]

Just had an email about the fight to help save the elephants and Ebay has done it's bit...

eBay, the world’s largest online trading community, has just announced that they will institute a complete ban on the sale of elephant ivory on its sites. IFAW is thrilled with this news, and congratulates eBay on this very important step to protect elephants.

It is estimated that 20,000 elephants in Africa and Asia are slaughtered each year for their ivory. eBay has clearly taken the lead in elephant protection among Internet merchants, and now IFAW will be working to secure similar bans from governments and other online dealers.

[4pygmies]

Yes, I read about this in the paper this morning - good for ebay! I do think that whole ebay thing is such a good idea though - getting rid of stuff to people who will use it/wear it/ride it etc etc more than you have, instead of dumping everything down the local tip. Now if we can just stop everyone buying quite so much new stuff......

[madonplants]

Oct 22, 2008 17:34:14 GMT 1 @4pygmies said:

Yes, I read about this in the paper this morning - good for ebay! I do think that whole ebay thing is such a good idea though - getting rid of stuff to people who will use it/wear it/ride it etc etc more than you have, instead of dumping everything down the local tip. Now if we can just stop everyone buying quite so much new stuff......

Kylie bought those hot pants, she's so famous for, from a charity shop, so if she can do it, we all can.

Actually, I don't think it was her that went in and paid for them, though!

P.s. Sleepy, this new size has messed up the font size, when you want to make it smaller!! Or is it me?

[plocket]

What brilliant news! When a settup like E-Bay takes a stand then people follow suit.

[emseypop]

Good news.