To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory — but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart, especially ...

To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory — but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart, especially ...

Kampala: The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state run conservation agency, has seized 10 pieces of raw elephant ivory weighing 154 kg after ...

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 ...

Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to decimate elephant populations. An international ban exists on the ivory trade, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sellers are flouting eBay's self-imposed ban on the sale of elephant ivory by listing it under pseudonyms. An investigation by the BBC and legal experts found ivory objects were often listed as ...

One of the last great “tuskers”, the beast estimated to be around 50 years old was heralded as Kenya’s biggest, oldest, and arguably most iconic elephant. Tourists from around the world would flock to ...