{"id":23303,"date":"2016-02-29T08:07:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=23303"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:58:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:58:04","slug":"a-love-of-ivory-endangered-by-excessive-anti-poaching-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/02\/a-love-of-ivory-endangered-by-excessive-anti-poaching-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love of Ivory Endangered by Excessive Anti-Poaching Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It really is amazing how the government can take things to absurdity. \u00a0This issue has been circulating for years now and someone needs to make common sense decisions. \u00a0If you want to outlaw any contemporary use of ivory, ok. \u00a0However, outlawing the sale or possession of antiques made of ivory is ridiculous &#8230; but then again many of the things our government does falls into the realm of stupidity. \u00a0To read more on this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1975703-a-love-of-ivory-endangered-by-excessive-anti-poaching-laws\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1975703-a-love-of-ivory-endangered-by-excessive-anti-poaching-laws\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bob-Weisblut_Collection-676x450.jpg\" alt=\"Bob-Weisblut_Collection-676x450\" width=\"312\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Weisblut<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It really is amazing how the government can take things to absurdity. \u00a0This issue has been circulating for years now and someone needs to make common sense decisions. \u00a0If you want to outlaw any contemporary use of ivory, ok. \u00a0However, &hellip; 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