Though black market prices vary widely ... is that ivory and horn are the same. Ivory is an elephant's tooth, while rhino horn is keratin, similar to a horse's hoof. When an elephant's tusk ...

TRAFFIC reports tiger products, elephant ivory, rhino, and pangolin products are among the most popular illegally traded items online. Advertisements for tortoises and freshwater turtles also ...

NEW YORK— A federal court in New York on Friday upheld the state’s ban on sales and in-store displays of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhino horn — rejecting ... which closed the largest ivory market ...

Rhino horn is reportedly worth more than gold on the black market. According to Save the ... "Carvings from rhino horn or elephant ivory are used for giving gifts to court business favour or ...

The world has known 11 subspecies of rhino ... are still dozens of ivory-carving factories in China, where it is a status symbol. China’s affluence is priming the black market demand.

PANAMA CITY— Countries at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting confirmed votes Thursday rejecting resumption of the ivory and rhinoceros horn trade, sparing elephants ...

Also seized were several kilos of rhino. The ivory was all headed for Asia where there was ready market. All the suspects are facing charges in courts. KWS has identified an emerging trend in the ...

This summer, New Jersey and New York, two states that represent key ports of entry into the United States for consumer goods (and wildlife trafficking), passed laws to help stem the illegal trade in ...

All the ivory from jumbos that died was recovered while seven elephants were rescued. The report said the situation is dire for the Eastern Black Rhino. "Poachers have decimated the population ...