Probably poachers had shot a baby elephant ... The vast bulk of the ivory came from elephants in two regions. The first is an area known as the Tridom, which includes parts of northeastern ...

climbed a game-viewing stand and gunned down 26 elephants, hacked out the tusks and left the corpses. Exactly what became of the ivory isn’t known, but the best guess is that the poachers ...

Malaysia does not allow the use of ivory as dowry or any similar practices. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

In an article discussing the paper, the authors set out three key recommendations to reverse the downward trends, one of ...

“Central African countries, through their joint forest commission COMIFAC, have agreed in principle to an action plan to combat wildlife crime – including elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade – ...

Veerappan, who held sway over the forests of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, was notorious for poaching elephants for ivory. While ...

The practice of giving tusks as dowry in neighbouring Indonesia may be behind the killings, conservationists say.

Wildlife officials are investigating the possible involvement of ivory poachers in the recent decapitation of elephants in ...

signalling a renewed urgency to nip in the bud any relapse to the dark phase of poaching of elephants for ivory in the Western region. S.Vijay Kumar (23) of Kongarapatti in Pennagaram, R.

KOTA KINABALU: Ivory poachers may be responsible for the recent decapitation of elephants in Sabah. State Tourism, Culture ...