David Cameron pledged a "total ban on ivory sales" if he won in 2015 but there is no mention of this in the Conservatives' latest general election manifesto. The Tories have quietly scrapped their plans for a total ban on the bloodthirsty ivory trade in the UK.
In a move likely to enrage conservationists, the Conservative manifesto for the 2017 general election makes no mention of the ivory trade.
But David Cameron won power just two years ago after promising to "press for a total ban on ivory sales".
One elephant in Africa is slaughtered every 15 minutes for its tusks and a third of the population has been wiped out over the last decade.