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 ...

Conservationists on Tuesday urged Thailand to end its legal trade in ivory to help curb the slaughter of African elephants by poachers cashing in on their highly-prized tusks.While it is illegal to ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...