{"id":914,"date":"2017-11-03T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=914"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:03:37","slug":"new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Government has just launched a new consultation on sales of ivory in the UK, which will run until 29 December.<\/p>\n

Many highly respected galleries feel totally in favour of a ban on the movement and trading of ivory dating from the last 30 years, but believe that anything made partly or wholly from ivory over 30 years ago should be granted immunity provided it has the requisite CITES permit.<\/p>\n

Anyone with an interest in this area should respond to the government request for feedback on the trade of ivory.<\/p>\n

The consultation document can be found at https:\/\/consult.defra.gov.uk\/international\/banning-uk-sales-of-ivory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Government has just launched a new consultation on sales of ivory in the UK, which will run until 29 December. Many highly respected galleries feel totally in favour of a ban on the movement and trading of ivory dating from the last 30 years, but believe that anything made partly or wholly from ivory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Government has just launched a new consultation on sales of ivory in the UK, which will run until 29 December. Many highly respected galleries feel totally in favour of a ban on the movement and trading of ivory dating from the last 30 years, but believe that anything made partly or wholly from ivory […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Esther Boehm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Esther Boehm\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Esther Boehm\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47\"},\"headline\":\"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/elephants2-300x225.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/elephants2-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/elephants2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/elephants2.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":525},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos\",\"description\":\"News and Photos of exhibitions, meetings and other events of the WNAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47\",\"name\":\"Esther Boehm\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Esther Boehm\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westnorfolkartists.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/estherboehm\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos","og_description":"The Government has just launched a new consultation on sales of ivory in the UK, which will run until 29 December. Many highly respected galleries feel totally in favour of a ban on the movement and trading of ivory dating from the last 30 years, but believe that anything made partly or wholly from ivory […]","og_url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/","og_site_name":"West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos","article_published_time":"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Esther Boehm","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Esther Boehm","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/"},"author":{"name":"Esther Boehm","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47"},"headline":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK","datePublished":"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/"},"wordCount":111,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2-300x225.jpg","articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/","url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/","name":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK - West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-03T11:10:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T00:03:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/elephants2.jpg","width":700,"height":525},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/new-government-consultation-on-sales-of-ivory-in-the-uk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Government Consultation on Sales of Ivory in the UK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/","name":"West Norfolk Artists Association News & Photos","description":"News and Photos of exhibitions, meetings and other events of the WNAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/43067bc5dc7dfffdbe5b5b10840d4d47","name":"Esther Boehm","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6825a86cc1dae37967fdc433c1a2f927d46b30020a66b2485c520f2ea2168129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Esther Boehm"},"url":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/author\/estherboehm\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4717,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/4717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}