All the tusks could be traced to a single population ... s announcement “the biggest sign of hope for elephants since the current poaching crisis began.” Meanwhile, in November, Vietnam ...

The main threat that elephants face is poaching. Up to 30,000 elephants are killed every year for their tusks. Elephants which are ivory. The ivory is then smuggled to other countries, such as ...

Elephant poaching levels are currently at their worst ... Filipino master ivory carver Marcial Bernales transforms an elephant tusk into the head and hands of the Madonna. His first love is ...

Joint operations by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, and other security forces led to the capture of 16 militants in Manipur, ...

Poaching elephants for ivory is big business in many parts of Africa. Now a new method to isolate and sequence DNA from ivory is proving a useful tool in the efforts to trace its source and the ...

But another group of poachers became active in various forest divisions of Tamil Nadu tracking the movement of the tuskers, felling them, and selling their tusks to middlemen. Here is how poachers ...

“If we find out the elephants were poisoned with cyanide, which means they were targeted either for their tusks (poaching) or as retaliation for a conflict-related incident. If we find out an ...

Poachers killed a wild elephant and took its tusks and claws in Banshkhali upazila ... The incident again highlights the alarming rise of poaching in the region and raises concerns over safety ...

Amid rising threats, travelling with operators that support anti-poaching efforts ensures we can keep witnessing Kenya’s mightiest mammals ...

The incident came to light on May 3, when three elephant carcasses were discovered in Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve. The authorities at Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve had suspected that ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 3 (ANI): Three elephant carcasses were found in ... the exact circumstances surrounding the suspected poaching incident. Check-posts have been alerted, and ...