An undercover investigation into the trafficking of ivory from elephants and other wild animal parts has found the widespread sale of these illegal products in scores of locations across Pennsylvania.

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

This charmingly eloquent semi-autobiographical show – which first played at the Bush Theatre in 2022 – tells the story of a ...

David: —you would need to kill an elephant or a tortoise ... So they used a lot of ivory. Gina: Sure. David: Billiards was growing in popularity with the wealthy, and there was increasing ...

The ivory is prized for jewelry, piano keys, billiard balls, flatware handles, and much more. As mentioned above, the count of both African elephant species is combined for a count of 415,428. It is ...

They were among the best elephant trackers ... elephants a year to feed ivory markets in Europe and the United States. In 1914, 4,000 were shot for the U.S. billiard ball industry alone.

The ivory, obtained from the endangered Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), holds significant black-market value. The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which classifies the elephant as a ...

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 ...

The elephant and ivory debates are among the most hotly contested at this CITES conference of parties meeting, which runs from August 17 through August 28. There are more than half a dozen ...