As I see it, 4 things that contribute at a foundational level to this issue:
1. the problem of telling the difference between pre-ban 1976 and 1989 ivory versus recent "kill" ivory.
2. laziness of administrators not bothering to learn the difference between 100 aged ivory and recent ivory.
3. the question of fossilzed ivory
4. the problem of illegal black market ivory pumped into the US - a HUGE underground market
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