EBay to ban sales of ivory products

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — EBay is banning the sale of ivory products to help protect African and Asian elephants.

The policy will go into effect in December and will be enforced starting in January, eBay Inc. said Monday.

"We simply can't ensure that ivory listed for sale on eBay is in compliance with the complex regulations that govern its sale," Richard Brewer-Hay wrote on the online auctioneer's blog eBay Ink.

Exceptions for some items with small amounts of ivory, such as pianos, will be made, though the items must have been made before 1900.

Items that have a large amount of ivory, regardless of their age, will not be permitted for sale. These would include chess sets, ivory broaches and ivory jewelry.

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