Reported from San Francisco -- EBay Inc. will halt the sale of ivory on its websites, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday, after an investigation by an animal welfare group found the online auction giant was listing thousands of animal products taken from endangered species. Full Story »
Posted by James Remeika
A somewhat standard article on a very interesting subject. I am glad that Mr. Paddock did not simply report on EBay's press release, but found out why exactly they had been prompted to do something. Unfortunately, he did not ask EBay about the other endangered animal products listed on their site, and he did not find a antique deal whose business might be impacted by this ban.
