African elephants are being killed at a greater rate than at any ... The “street value” retail price of 10 kilograms of carved ivory now runs about $60,000. In fact, the price of ivory is increasing ...

African ivory brought into a country before 1989 ... holding up a chunk of forest elephant tusk. Carvings made from forest elephant ivory sell out so quickly that customers have been commissioning ...

You can also import worked (carved) ivory acquired before Feb 4 ... pleaded guilty to smuggling after federal agents seized over a ton of African elephant ivory from his shop and from customers across ...

"But tribal tusks weren't necessarily elaborately carved." Beginning in the ... Ultimately, of course, the appetite for ivory spelled doom for Africa's elephant herds. In an attempt to curb ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies ... implemented a near ban on the domestic trade in elephant ivory.