Elephant poaching levels are currently at their ... Chastened, the customs office turned its next big ivory seizure over to the wildlife department, which soon discovered that its own storeroom ...

That’s $800 for the 10 kilograms of ivory carried by a typical elephant. That’s a lot of money in most African countries. But the big profit is made in Asia. Thai Customs recently evaluated smuggled ...

The transnational trade of modern ivory is banned in a bid to protect elephants, but the trade of ancient mammoth tusks is not. However, telling the difference between illegal elephant ivory and ...

Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants ... and that’s thanks to both their big brains and the ...

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.

Retailers generally displayed ivory and other elephant parts quite openly and rarely hesitated in disclosing smuggling techniques and other illegal activities to TRAFFIC staff posing as potential ...