By 1910, the elephant population had dropped to the point where billiard-ball makers, among others, were getting acutely worried about the ivory supply. Right around then, a chemist named Leo ...

Historically used in billiard balls, piano keys and even ... Unfortunately, the value people have attached to elephant ivory has also fueled conflict and been linked to organized crime ...

The federal government is moving to ban virtually all sales of items containing African elephant ... that billiard cue or pocket knife they're buying was made with sanctioned or illegal ivory.

Kerner, a longtime a leader in the billiards industry ... "You can have beautiful cues without ivory in them." The elephant ivory, in the form of ivory pool cues, was worth about $70,000 ...

By 1910, the elephant population had dropped to the point where billiard-ball makers, among others, were getting acutely worried about the ivory supply. Right around then, a chemist named Leo ...