Poachers skill up to slip ivory, rhino horns out of SA

Conservationists say regulating trade in ivory and rhino horn is getting tougher because syndicates are becoming more sophisticated.

Call for ban on ivory trade after Cape Town shipment seized

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has called for a ban on the ivory trade after Malaysia seized a shipment of illegal tusks from Cape Town.

Malaysia intercepts massive ivory haul from South Africa

Malaysia has seized elephant tusks worth $760 000 from South Africa in the first haul of smuggled ivory destined for the south-east Asian country.

'Worst year ever for elephants', says watchdog

The past year has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a sharp increase in the illegal trade in recent years.

Over 1 000 elephant tusks seized by Tanzania

Police on Tanzania's Zanzibar archipelago seized 1 041 elephant tusks apparently being smuggled en route to Malaysia, say officials.

Kenya's president torches five tonnes of ivory

Kenya's president set fire to more than five tonnes of ivory worth $16-million in an act meant to focus attention on a rising tide of poaching deaths.

Rangers outgunned by elephant poachers

A booming black market in African ivory linked to Asian crime syndicates may scupper efforts by Zambia and Tanzania to hold a one-off sale of tusks.

Asia's greed for ivory puts African elephant at risk

Researchers have found that more than 14 000 products made from the tusks and other body parts of elephants were seized in 2009.

Map of elephant DNA reveals trail of ivory smugglers

Scientists have used a revolutionary genetic technique to pinpoint the area of Africa where smugglers are slaughtering elephants.

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