it is “highly likely” that poachers killed at least 25,000 African elephants in 2011. The true figure may even be double that. Meanwhile, last year saw an estimated 34.7 tons of illegal ivory ...

On its way to India when it went down, and discovered only in 2008, researchers have scoured the ship’s remains to learn what they can about 16th century trade routes and the elephants from whom its ...

The US-based environmental organisation WildAid estimates that more than 30,000 elephants are killed every year in Africa for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery ...

Someone had outfitted the figurine with a tiny T-shirt that ... The vast bulk of the ivory came from elephants in two regions. The first is an area known as the Tridom, which includes parts ...

Police and wildlife department officials in Malawi have arrested two men suspected of having killed an elephant in Kasungu ...

A new report issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) shows that illegal killing of elephants and illegal ivory trade continues to ...

In the article beginning on page 6, we discuss the unrelenting slaughter of African elephants for their ivory. In the United States, import of African elephant ivory has been prohibited—via the ...

A Dangerous Life tells the story of a teen girl from America whose family made a fortune in the early 20th century from elephant ivory. She takes a trip to Africa, where she encounters wild elephants ...

KOTA KINABALU - Ivory poachers may be responsible for the recent decapitation of elephants in Sabah. State Tourism, Culture and Environ­ment Minister Chris­tina Liew said ivory poaching could be ...