{"id":1373,"date":"2014-05-17T00:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/opinion-blood-ivory-and-more-dead-elephants\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:20:26","slug":"opinion-blood-ivory-and-more-dead-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/opinion-blood-ivory-and-more-dead-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Blood Ivory and More Dead Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opinion: Blood Ivory and More Dead Elephants<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo weeks later, the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it would effectively ban all domestic ivory sales, even of antique objects. 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We &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianage.com\/india\/jayalalithaa-keeps-all-options-open-waits-may-16-234\">The Asian Age<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Surviving Surrogacy<\/strong><br \/>\nWestoby, a former banker and author of Our Journey: One Couple&#39;s Guide to US Surrogacy, is gay, has a husband and is father to two adorable twins \u2013 but he admits he still remembers the dread he felt when he tried to find a surrogacy agency. \u201cThe whole &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com.hk\/gay-lesbian\/features\/66428\/surviving-surrogacy.html\">Time Out Hong Kong<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion: Blood Ivory and More Dead Elephants Two weeks later, the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it would effectively ban all domestic ivory sales, even of antique objects. 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