The elephants could be nearly extinct by 2020 ... said it is not unusual to find ivory carvings in Buddhist temples or the homes of politicians or high-ranking police and military officers ...

Steven Hirsch Through Merces, Hu, 45, of Flushing, Queens, and Wu, 33, of Great Neck, advertised and sold elephant ivory carvings, including carved tusks, evading detection by advertising their ...

Some tusks are from young elephants — representing generations ... before sawing off their tusks. The seized ivory includes ornate carvings. A pair of 18-inch-tall Asian ivory figurines ...

The primary reason for the hunt is food, but the sale of tusks and carvings helps bring in cash. "We've taken a pretty big hit on this elephant ivory ban. People are getting mistaken with it ...

Q I inherited a small collection of ivory figurines that were purchased in ... This ban was intended to both protect elephants and eliminate the huge underground market for poachers.

The elephants could be nearly extinct by 2020 ... said it is not unusual to find ivory carvings in Buddhist temples or the homes of politicians or high-ranking police and military officers ...

The Elephant Monk, Kruba Dharmamuni, who used to be the Scorpion Monk and still displays a life-size statue of himself as a scorpion in his temple, wants to take me ivory shopping in Surin.

Today the poaching crisis has returned, owing largely to demand for ivory in Asia, where it’s carved into statues, bangles, and chopsticks. Roughly 30,000 elephants are killed every year by ...

Meanwhile, elephants continue to be slaughtered – for trinkets, carvings and other items nobody needs. “Ivory should only be valued on a live elephant, and the huge momentum for the UK ban ...

The Indonesian National Police (Polri) arrested four persons for the illegal possession and trade of elephant ivory worth ...

Samples of elephant and mammoth ivory utilized in the study – although complete tusks of the two materials may differ in appearance, such is not the case with small or carved pieces Ben Booth 2 / 2 ...

King Charles gave a nod to the animal his brother-in-law loved so much with his wardrobe, wearing a blue elephant-print tie and coordinating elephant brooch pinned to his suit jacket. Energize your ...