The current upsurge in the slaughter of elephants by poachers in Kenya was yesterday linked to the anticipated lifting of the ban on ivory trade during the November CITES meeting in Chile. CITES, the ...

In some countries, the idea of cherishing anything made of ivory has become repugnant, especially given that an elephant had to die — usually at the hands of poachers — before any elaborate carving of ...

Kenya, long at the forefront of efforts to shut the ivory trade down completely, last week torched thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns. Proposals for the meeting in Johannesburg were made ...