ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A policy intended to deter the illegal trade of ivory and items made with the parts of endangered or threatened animals led the online sales website Etsy to remove such artwork sold by Alaska Native artists, who can legally use ivory in their pieces. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan asked the chief executive officer of Etsy.com to reconsider its policy to allow Alaska Natives to keep selling products made from materials such as walrus tusks or from petrified wooly mammoth remains found in the nation's most remote state. Sullivan said he assumes the basis of the policy is to combat elephant poaching in Africa and India and that he supports such efforts.
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By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Tue, 02/06/2018 - 6:27pm
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