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

When he analyzes a piece of ivory, he can find its specific mutation ... Over the past several years, as elephant poaching has reached crisis proportions, Wasser has found himself ever more ...

Elephant poaching levels are currently at their worst in a decade, and seizures of illegal ivory are at their highest level in years. From the air too the scattered bodies present a senseless ...

“Central African countries, through their joint forest commission COMIFAC, have agreed in principle to an action plan to combat wildlife crime – including elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade – ...

How could Tanzania, a country which suffers more elephant poaching than any other country on earth, a country which has exported more illegal ivory than any other country on earth, make a proposal ...

human-elephant conflict, and poaching threaten Bornean elephants. Despite global anti-poaching efforts, the illegal ivory ...

(CNN)-- The first officially sanctioned ivory auction in nearly a decade happened Tuesday in Namibia, with opinion split on whether the sale will help or hurt efforts to stop elephant poaching.

I am shocked, but not surprised, to find ourselves in the middle of another poaching crisis ... ivory will have had a bloody start as most ivory these days is illegal; hacked from the face of a dead ...

The sale briefly opened ivory trade between China and Japan and four African nations (in dash outlines) -- clockwise from left, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Elephant poaching ...

“New York’s ivory ban will help eliminate trade in ivory and reduce elephant poaching in Africa — and the courts clearly agreed that New York has the authority to implement its ban.” Said John ...

Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...

Years ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen backed a project called the Great Elephant Census that highlighted a crisis for Africa’s elephant population, brought about primarily by illegal poaching.