"Obama Unveils Ivory Rules To Protect Elephants"

"Poachers killed 100,000 elephants between 2010 and 2012, and Obama's rule seeks to crackdown on the illegal trade of ivory."

"NAIROBI, Kenya — President Barack Obama moved Saturday to tighten U.S. rules on sales of ivory from African elephants, aiming to show progress on conservation as he began a trip to the region.

Obama, in a joint news conference with Kenya's president in Nairobi, said the restrictions will eliminate the market for illegal ivory in the United States.

'I can announce that we're proposing a new rule that bans the sale of virtually all ivory across state lines,' Obama said.

The proposed U.S. Fish and Wildlife regulation would prohibit the sale across state lines of ivory from African elephants and further restrict commercial exports. But it provides limited exceptions for interstate sales, namely pre-existing musical instruments, furniture pieces and firearms that contain less than 200 grams of ivory."

The Associated Press had the story July 26, 2015.