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.

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 ...

Elephant poaching levels are currently ... Although the world has found substitutes for every one of ivory’s practical uses—billiard balls, piano keys, brush handles—its religious use ...

Three hundred eighty-three ivory items from animals, including elephants, hippos, and whales, were seized from 60 locations ...

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 ...

Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions. Between April 2020 and May 2023, Grace Hu and Yincheng Wu allegedly ...

Even though the country now faces backlash from experts over its decision, the environment ministry has defended itself by saying that “India has never supported trade in elephant ivory”.

Sellers are flouting eBay's self-imposed ban on the sale of elephant ivory by listing it under pseudonyms. An investigation by the BBC and legal experts found ivory objects were often listed as ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - An undercover investigation by the Humane Society revealed the illicit sale of elephant ivory at stores in Connecticut. The Humane Society of the United States and Humane ...