Ivory

their tusks. In the year 1989, two major revelations occurred for the elephants—first, the International Ivory Trade Ban had been accepted worldwide in hopes of slowing down the rapidly depleting elephant population. Second, Kenya’s president at the time, Daniel Arap Moi initiated the first major public act of ivory destruction. Since that year, governments have been taking their seized ivory from traffickers and either crushing or burning their stockpiles in a way that conservation groups hoped

Imagine this: An elephant, unaware of what's going on, was killed. Leaving her children behind. All for one thing, Ivory. Poachers have been moving through West Africa and have taken down multiple elephant species. Many are urging the people who live there to arrest any poachers that they may see. Eastern Africa has lost almost half of their elephants due to ivory hunters. With help the population of elephants has increased, and has been stable for the past couple of years. Due to new laws, these

Ivory-Is it worth it? Everyday elephants and rhinos are being poached in order to get their tusks and horns. These tusks and horns are made of ivory which is sold for very large sums. Many things are being done to stop poaching but elephants and rhinos are still being poached. People in Asia mainly China are the main buyers of ivory from illegally poached rhinos and elephants. The ivory business is a multi million dollar business. They buy elephant tusks for $1,500 per pound. Rhino horns are $45

Ivory poaching is the main reason why elephants are being heavily hunted. However; even though it is illegal in many countries, poachers still manage to supply the illegal ivory trade. According to National Geographic, every year the elephants population decreases by 8 percent. This is about 27,000 elephants slaughtered by poachers year after year. In order to help stop the declining of the elephants population, in 1989 CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) put in place

makes the thrones seem as if from another world. That white on that throne would be ivory. Ivory items are peculiar items when one thinks about them for long enough. One starts to think

the ivory demand from the Roman’s, the Chinese started doing the same thing, demanding for ivory which is still currently growing (Barnes, 178, Gao & Clark, 23). In more recent years, the ivory used has expanded in China (Gao & Clark, 24). The most common way ivory is used in China is for carving as a traditional art (Gao & Clark, 24). Ivory carving wasn’t well-known in the Chinese culture until later in the 1950’s, when ivory factories started establishing (Gao &Clark, 24). Afterwards, ivory carving

In the world today, the global ivory trade is one of the most profitable and complex areas of poaching. The range and impact of the ivory trade is vast and devastating as it encompasses many countries in Africa, Asia, and even the United States. Thousands of elephants are being threatened and killed everyday for their tusks to be sold and be used for ornaments and carvings. While the issue may seem easy to understand, beneath the surface is a crisis that extends to many spectrums such as cultural

killed every day most purely for ivory but the african government has started to conduct the burning of ivory how ever some suspect that this is all just a clever ploy so the people running the destruction of ivory are just stealing ivory and getting rich/richer, that is essentially what but it's a bit crazy to think so but we should be cautious if we continue to tread down this path just in case somes worries are true. It takes 1800 degrees to burn .25 ounces of ivory , Fuel burns from 800 to 1500

Bloody Ivory Last year 35,000 elephants were killed because of poaching and ivory trade. Elephants are poached for the ivory in their tusks. The ivory is mostly used for jewelry such as necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Ivory can also be used for the making of piano keys. I believe that the world needs to make a stop to poaching and the ivory trade. With that i will share with you my arguments on why i think we should stop poaching elephants. Elephants are being killed by the hundreds every

from around the world are taking a stand against the ivory trade: New York http://www.care2.com/causes/were-crushing-one-ton-of-ivory-in-times-square-this-week.html and Sri Lanka http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160125-sri-lanka-elephants-buddhism-ivory-stockpile-cites/ recently destroyed ivory and Hong Kong is working towards a domestic ivory trade ban. http://www.care2.com/causes/great-news-as-hong-kong-finally-moves-to-ban-ivory-trade.html Elephants need our help urgently. According