Tag: ivory

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

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.

Hong Kong announced on Wednesday that it plans to ban the domestic ivory trade.