A conservation group concluded that operators of e-commerce websites are not doing enough to crack down on illegal sales of items made from elephant tusks.
Trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants were fed Thursday into a rock crusher in New York City's Central Park to demonstrate the state's commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. The artifacts placed ceremoniously onto a conveyor ...
Online retailer Rakuten bans ivory products from its shopping site in response to international criticism that it is abetting illegal trade in ivory.
Seven smugglers involved in the illegal ivory trade from Uganda to Singapore have been arrested as a result of an 18-month investigation by African and Asian law enforcement officials, a countertrafficking organization said. The operation netted a top Kenyan customs officer and shipping agents who ...
Intruders at a French zoo shot dead a white rhino and hacked off its horns in a grisly overnight poaching incident, police and the zoo said Tuesday. The zoo in Thoiry outside Paris said it was the first such incident in Europe. The perpetrators forced the ...
Japan is set to strengthen its control over the domestic ivory trade after the Cabinet approved Tuesday a bill requiring dealers to register with the government. The measure would require a screening of ivory dealers during registration and follow-up inspections every five years. Registrations could ...
The Environment Ministry will tighten controls on Japan's elephant ivory market, including by making traders register with the government and adding stiffer penalties. The ministry expects to submit a bill to revise the species conservation law to the Diet, with an eye to having ...
Yahoo Japan, the country's biggest online auction site, is rebuffing calls to end online ivory trading despite Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer's misgivings over facilitating a business blamed for the illegal slaughter of African elephants. Yahoo Japan doesn't accept that ivory sold on its platform ...
The Law on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is set to be revised once again to further improve government measures to prevent vulnerable animal and plant species from becoming extinct. Conservationists say they scored some victories in 2016, symbolized by the ...
China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced Friday, shutting the door to the world's biggest end market for poached ivory. The State Council said in a notice a complete ban would be enforced by Dec. ...
In October, a new documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio premiered on Netflix. "The Ivory Game" is a dramatic study of the illegal trade in elephant tusks that includes conservationists battling poachers, investigative journalists following the money trail and black market merchants in China. Experts say ...
A committee meeting at an international conference for animal conservation votes unanimously to ban domestic trade in elephant ivory.
