Family
heirlooms, personal trinkets, garage sale treasures – an appraisal on Antiques
Roadshow carries with it the excitement of a potentially big pay day!
But
here's a spoiler alert – when the show appraises ivory carvings we already know
what they are worth: dead elephants.
Want
to know what other kinds of horrors are built into the value of an ivory
carving?
Published on Apr 30, 2014
http://96elephants.org/horrorshow
Did you know that the popular PBS series, Antiques Roadshow, regularly appraises ivory carvings on air? Owners of the artifacts may be hoping for a big pay day, but we already know what they are worth: dead elephants.
With African forest elephants on the brink of extinction, placing a value on ivory sends the wrong message to the American public and especially to poachers: that elephants are worth more dead than alive.
Tell the show to stop appraising ivory and help stamp out the black market for ivory in America. Go to 96elephants.org/horrorshow
Did you know that the popular PBS series, Antiques Roadshow, regularly appraises ivory carvings on air? Owners of the artifacts may be hoping for a big pay day, but we already know what they are worth: dead elephants.
With African forest elephants on the brink of extinction, placing a value on ivory sends the wrong message to the American public and especially to poachers: that elephants are worth more dead than alive.
Tell the show to stop appraising ivory and help stamp out the black market for ivory in America. Go to 96elephants.org/horrorshow
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