MADAM – I have pieces of antique elephant tusk ivory that I collected unconcerned about the (now well-known) conservation problems. For me, the trade in any elephant ivory is over, and I am sure that I am not alone in believing this.
I will consider any financial ‘hit’ I take following a change in the law as a donation towards preserving the remaining creatures – and as a social fine for my self-centred greed, ignorance and acquisitiveness in the past.
Dr Richard L Peacocke