The state of California has officially banned the sale of virtually all elephant ivory and rhino horn. On Sunday California governor Jerry Brown signed state assembly bill AB 96 into law.

An expert investigating illegal African ivory trafficking found that as much as 90% of the ivory he examined in Los Angeles markets and stores was illegal under state law.

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Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday closed a loophole in state law that allows some elephant ivory to be bought and sold in California as long as it was originally obtained ...

California lawmakers are weighing in on the illegal sale of ivory. A bill that passed an Assembly committee today that would tighten restrictions on ivory sales in the state.

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed the charges, calling the ivory trade "barbaric" By City News Service • Published September 6, 2017 • Updated on September 6, 2017 at 12:37 pm ...

It has been against the law to sell ivory or any elephant parts for that matter in California since 1977 -- and nationwide since 1990. But federal and state laws still allow the sale of older ivory ...

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted Wednesday to expand a ban on elephant ivory so it could no longer be bought or sold in the state regardless of when it was first imported. The legislation ...

It will be illegal to sell almost all ivory products in California under a measure signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown that closes a loophole in the state's nearly 40-year-old ban on the sale ...

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to close a loophole in the state's ban on importing, buying or selling elephant ivory or rhinoceros horns. The measure by Assembly Speaker ...

A bill introduced in the state Assembly this week would prompt strict enforcement of a 1977 ban on the sale of ivory in California that has done little to slow the catastrophic decline of African ...