Vermont Moves Toward Banning Endangered Animal Parts
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Kevin McCallum
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September 24, 2020 at 10:17PM
Clarkson explained that there is a federal ban on the importation of illegal animal parts, but trade within certain states, including Vermont, is still legal, making those places “complicit” in the damage done by poachers. Banning the sales would reduce the incentive to import such products and, in turn, reduce the incentive to kill endangered species in the first place, she said.
