Malaysia does not allow the use of ivory as dowry or any similar practices. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Wildlife officials are investigating the possible involvement of ivory poachers in the recent decapitation of elephants in ...

The practice of giving tusks as dowry in neighbouring Indonesia may be behind the killings, conservationists say.

Veerappan, who held sway over the forests of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, was notorious for poaching elephants for ivory. While ...

The Bornean pygmy elephant is listed as a completely protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.

The report urges CITES Parties to take action to close ivory markets in these countries. “Central African countries, through their joint forest commission COMIFAC, have agreed in principle to an ...

Besides the closure of its ivory market, the report suggests China’s crackdown on illegal ivory and economic slowdown, as well as a general increase in awareness about elephant poaching and ivory, ...

Ivory hunting is the most well-known issue that elephants face, but other threats include habitat loss and the human-elephant conflict that arises as a result. The main threat that elephants face is ...

Ivory poaching is not a motivation for these conflicts and certainly not a contributory ... there is no suggestion of a major role in or income from ivory. But they are a potential danger to elephant ...