Animals endangered online.Is the Internet endangering the African elephant? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. one advocacy group for endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , it is. A three-month investigation by the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Yarmouth Port, Mass., uncovered more than 6,000 illegal or potentially illegal wildlife items for sale online, including a hawksbill hawksbill: see sea turtle. turtle shell tortoise shell. See under Tortoise. See also: Turtle for $102 and an elephant-bone sculpture for $18,000. Animal-welfare advocates say their best hope for slowing the spread of the online market for endangered species rests with reputable rep·u·ta·ble adj. Having a good reputation; honorable. rep  u·ta·bil sellers like Overstock.com and eBay. Chris Donlay, an eBay spokesman, says that in addition to screening for illegal wildlife items (and barring the sale of live animals altogether), eBay posts a lengthy explanation of regulations about the sate of animal parts in its Help section. Scott Blevins, a spokesman for Overstock.com, says, "We've got a bunch of people who try to track this stuff. We don't catch it all, and we ask that if anyone sees it, they report it and we'll take it down."
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