Dubai authorities seize 259 elephant tusksCustoms officials in UAE have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said. The Int More… |
Record number of ivory seizures in 2011: WWFA record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewellery and ornaments, a monitoring group said. TRAFFIC, a join More… |