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08-12-2016, 06:26 PM
Tech companies vow to prevent illegal wildlife trading via their networks
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Looking to buy an elephant tusk on eBay? Might **t be so easy.*
The e-commerce giant, along with Etsy, Gumtree, Microsoft, Pinterest, Tencent and Yahoo, have signed on to a new commitment to prevent the sale of illegal wildlife products on their services.*
The initiative is in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and TRAFFIC, and was an**unced Friday to coincide with World Elephant Day (http://mashable.com/2015/08/12/world-elephant-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
Under the new policy (http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/924/files/original/NEWEST_Wildlife_Friendly_Online_Trade-Standardized_Wildlife_Policy_Framework_for_Online_ Companies.pdf?1470937403&_ga=1.22705592.2035074545.1471004137), companies are seeking to prohibit the sale of wild live animals and animal body parts that are sourced illegally, species that are threatened by extinction and other protected animals. That includes rhi** horns, pangolin parts and turtle meat. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/tech-wildlife-trade/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Elephants (http://mashable.com/category/elephants/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), World Elephant Day (http://mashable.com/category/world-elephant-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z4zpE534j6A
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Looking to buy an elephant tusk on eBay? Might **t be so easy.*
The e-commerce giant, along with Etsy, Gumtree, Microsoft, Pinterest, Tencent and Yahoo, have signed on to a new commitment to prevent the sale of illegal wildlife products on their services.*
The initiative is in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and TRAFFIC, and was an**unced Friday to coincide with World Elephant Day (http://mashable.com/2015/08/12/world-elephant-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
Under the new policy (http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/924/files/original/NEWEST_Wildlife_Friendly_Online_Trade-Standardized_Wildlife_Policy_Framework_for_Online_ Companies.pdf?1470937403&_ga=1.22705592.2035074545.1471004137), companies are seeking to prohibit the sale of wild live animals and animal body parts that are sourced illegally, species that are threatened by extinction and other protected animals. That includes rhi** horns, pangolin parts and turtle meat. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/tech-wildlife-trade/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Elephants (http://mashable.com/category/elephants/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), World Elephant Day (http://mashable.com/category/world-elephant-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z4zpE534j6A