Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
Your missing the point,whats happining today is wrong,what happend 100 yrs ago is what it is, you have material that was leaglly hunted and imported,it should be used.
Is it wrong to turn a brush handle out of an Ivory Billiard ball from the 1800s? have done many.
I totally understand your point. I also have no problem with anyone following the letter of the law. What I am saying is that perhaps just as an antique exotic fur coat can be or is no longer popular to wear/use that on a voluntary individual by individual basis ivory old or new might take on the same fate. Fact is that if there is a demand there will be a slaughter and if terrorists are profiting as the article suggests that's worse still.

I harbor no ill will to your use. I would like to change the mindset if possible to help these species survive.