adding hippopotamus to the Ivory Act

The Ivory Act 2018 received Royal Assent on Thursday 20 December and will close the UK domestic ivory market for elephant ivory, with a few limited exemptions. The Government has said that when the Ivory Act is passed, it will then call for evidence to see if any other species of ivory bearing animal should be added to the Act and a similar ban introduced. The Government is looking at all ivory bearing species (narwhal - horn, hippopotamus - teeth, sperm whale - teeth, killer whale - teeth, walrus - tusk, warthog - tusk, etc), but the species of highest concern are those which are already being poached for their ivory or where markets exist for their products and there is a demand.