Tag: elephants

More than 20,000 elephants were killed for their ivory last year, leaving only about 415,000 remaining.

"Forest elephant populations are already known to be decreasing at alarming rates and now the Great Elephant Census has revealed that savannah elephants are in the same boat."

The conviction and sentencing of ivory kingpin sends a message to poachers and traffickers harming animals, humans and the environment.

The federal government is trying to ban all sales of items containing African elephant ivory within the U.S.

“A time has come when we must take a stand and the stand is clear…Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s current president said.

"Those elephants were victimized by the cruelty of certain people. But all of human society is responsible. We destroyed those innocent lives to take those tusks. We have to ask for pardon from them.”

The company announced that it will retire its elephants two years earlier than expected, much to the elation of animal rights activists.