The ivory trade results in too many elephants getting slaughtered for nothing. Kill them, take off the tusks and let the rest rot. A horrible repulsive wasteful practice. And Zimbabwe wants to make a ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will ban the domestic trade in ivory from September 2021, the government said on Monday, shutting the door to an important end-market for poached elephant ivory. Demand ...

A Zimbabwe National Parks official holds an elephant tusk during a tour of the ivory stockpiles in Harare, on May, 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe has ...

Ivory, historically prized for carvings and jewelry, is now central to ethical debates due to poaching and endangered species. Derived from animal tusks and teeth, it's denser and smoother than bone, ...

A joint operation by the Special Wildlife Crime Unit and the Uganda Police Force has led to the arrest of a suspected ivory trafficker and the recovery of 154 kilograms of raw elephant ivory in ...

(Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP/AFP) At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory.

At his store in Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues — including many made of ivory. International trade in elephant ivory ...

In some countries, the idea of cherishing anything made of ivory has become repugnant, especially given that an elephant had to die — usually at the hands of poachers — before any elaborate carving of ...

Wildlife inspectors with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seized five elephant ivory carvings at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...

At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory. International trade in elephant ...

A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa. Researchers used analysis of DNA from seized ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the carvings were discovered in a package imported from Austria.