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 ...

The smaller elephant stands with its trunk curled inward. Both elephants have ivory tusks and white eyes. The two elephants are standing on an octagonal wooden base.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The buying and selling of illegal elephant ivory is a major problem online, and even ...

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 ...

Tragically though, for the second time in the last century, elephants in Africa are being slaughtered for their ivory tusks at rates that are causing severe population declines across the continent.

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 ...