House Votes to Lift Curbs on Imports of Ivory Products
- Musicians, gun owners could benefit from easing of ban
- U.S. already moving to relax ban on small amounts of ivory
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U.S. import restrictions put in place to curb demand for the tusks of endangered elephants could be rolled back after orchestra musicians and gun collectors complained that the ban went too far.
The House voted 242-161 for legislation that would reverse the ban on the sale or import of ivory products, undoing U.S. Fish and Wildlife rules that were intended to halt a decline in wild elephant populations.