Massive quantities of African ivory are being laundered through shops in Thailand and fuelling the elephant poaching crisis, conservation group WWF says. The organization today is launching a global ...

There is more illegal ivory than elephants in three key ivory trading countries in West Africa, according to a new report launched today by TRAFFIC and WWF. Gland, Switzerland - There is more illegal ...

Answer: Yes, sadly, the poaching of African elephants is still going on because of the demand for ivory, said the World Wildlife Fund on its website. “Each year, at least 20,000 African elephants are ...

* Illegal factory closed, 41 people arrested * Rhino poaching hit 15-yr high in 2009, according to WWF * Ivory demand in Asia encouraging poachers PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Police seized $1 million ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An international conservation group on Tuesday urged Thailand to ban all ivory trading, warning that rising demand for tusks is fueling an unprecedented slaughter of elephants in Africa ...

Wildlife experts convene next week in the city of Doha in Qatar to consider how to control the trade in rare animals and plants. Their means to that end is the Convention on International Trade in ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Vietnam, Laos and Mozambique are the countries that do the least to crack down on an illegal trade in animal parts that is threatening the survival of elephants, rhinos and tigers, ...