ETIS holds the details of over 17,000 reported ivory and other elephant product seizures that have taken place anywhere in the world since 1989. Once the records of hundreds of smaller ivory seizures ...

A record-breaking 24 metric tons of contraband ivory were seized ... In 1989, the country was a very conspicuous leader in the campaign to abolish all trade in elephant ivory. Domestic actions, such ...

On the contrary, the slaughter of African elephants has intensified, and in 2012 Hong Kong customs officials seized a record six tons of elephant ivory. Further complicating the issue is that ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, increasing demand for ivory piano keys, billiard balls and luxury items led to the precipitous decline in the elephant population. Since the 1980s, conservation ...

Police in Mozambique have seized 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn -- the equivalent ... with numbers at record levels this year despite renewed government efforts and the use of ...

"Our study not only adds to our understanding of how tooth enamel records ... of the illegal ivory trade." More information: Deming Yang et al, Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel ...

A third elephant was found beheaded near Ladang Bukit Tukok in Tawau on April 8. Datuk Seri Liew reiterated that Malaysia does not allow the use of ivory as dowry or any similar practices ...

NEW YORK— A federal court in New York on Friday upheld the state’s ban on sales and in-store displays of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhino horn — rejecting claims that the ban was unconstitutional.