:In March 2015, it was reported that His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge would “like to see all the ivory owned by Buckingham Palace destroyed.” In May 2015, the Conservative Party’s manifesto stated that if elected the party would “press for a total ban on ivory sales,” and policy decisions made as part of President Obama’s National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking saw “all commercial imports of African elephant ivory, including antiques” being prohibited.1 In a changing international environment, the United Kingdom’s antique trade faces a threat to the legitimate sale of pre-1947 worked ivory without the extent of any illegal trade being clear. With only 15 convictions since 1992 for offences relating to the trade in ivory in the English courts, this article examines the two most recent cases, which came to court in 2014.

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售楼处的大象：象牙与英国古董贸易

：2015年3月，有报道称剑桥公爵殿下“希望看到白金汉宫所有的象牙全部被销毁”。In May 2015, the Conservative Party's manifesto stated that if elected the party would “press for a total ban on ivory sales,” and policy decisions made as part of President Obama's National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking saw “all commercial imports of African elephant ivory ，包括古董”被禁止。1在不断变化的国际环境中，英国的古董贸易面临着对 1947 年前加工象牙的合法销售的威胁，而任何非法贸易的程度尚不清楚。自 1992 年以来，英国法院仅对 15 起与象牙贸易有关的罪行定罪，本文研究了 2014 年上庭的最近两起案件。