High Court ivory act case: 'no need to prove causal link between trade in antiques and modern ivory poaching'

The government does not have to “show a causal connection” between the UK’s trade in antique ivory and the poaching of modern ivory, a barrister representing DEFRA said in court today.

In the second day of a judicial review of the Ivory Act 2018, Sir James Eadie acknowledged the lack …

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