Albert, Troy Benjamin2016-05-102016-05-102016-05-0931 J. ENVTL. L. & LITIG. 1211049-0280https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1986226 pagesEvery fifteen minutes a poacher kills an elephant for its ivory. If this rate continues, the African elephant could become extinct in twenty years. Although federal law has strictly regulated the ivory market for several decades, the United States remains one of the largest markets for illegal wildlife products in the world. Because there are little to no enforcement mechanisms or verification processes by which to definitively distinguish legal from illegal ivory after reaching domestic markets, illegal ivory is easily mixed in with legal stocks. New regulations have been promulgated, but are they enough?en-USAll Rights Reserved.PoachingArticle