Chinese authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of ivory -- 2,748 elephant tusks -- in one of the biggest busts in recent years as the country cracks down on the sale of illegal wildlife products. The ...

From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle ...

Over 20,000 African elephants are killed every year by poachers. “The global demand for ivory and rhino horn fuels poaching and organized crime,” CDFW Deputy Director and Chief of Law Enforcement ...

Customs officials in China yesterday confiscated 57 premium elephant tusks which were illegally smuggled in from Africa in defiance of the country's intended ban on ivory trading. The huge haul, which ...

p Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa found 2.7 tonnes of tusks inside cartons on the back of a truck that was on its way to Hanoi, according to a report on their website. "This is the largest ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Moki, the African elephant at the Seneca Park Zoo, celebrated her 43rd birthday on Tuesday. Weighing 8,900 pounds, Moki is the largest elephant at the zoo and has the longest tusks.

Hundreds of elephant tusks have been seized in China in what's reportedly the biggest smuggling case ever recorded in the country. The haul, weighing over half a tonne, was detained by the Zhuhai ...

BANGKOK — Four tons of African elephant ivory worth $6 million has been seized at a Bangkok port in a container labelled as beans, Thai customs said on Monday, in the kingdom’s largest-ever haul of ...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has moved the body of one of Africa’s last giant ‘tusker’ elephant which died from Amboseli National Park for preservation at the National Museum. Popularly known as Big ...