How can we stop people from hunting elephants for their ivory?

Researchers have found that most of the world's illegal ivory comes from elephants killed less than three years ago. (Photo: David Steele/Shutterstock). Most of ... None of us can single-handedly stop the ivory trade, but we are not helpless — as much as it may feel like it. read more

The first one is increased protection, then there is the dyeing of the horn of rhino that can be apply to elephants, finally educating people that the tusk is just a bone, it doesn't contain magical healing powers like a lot of Eastern medicine thought. read more

Early attempts to removed the ivory tusks and to leave the elephants alive didn’t work. The elephants were simply too aggressive for this type of process and it was too dangerous for humans to take part in. read more

Elephants tusks never stop growing so some old bulls display enormous examples. However, the average size of tusks has decreased over the past hundred years because hunting elephants for their ivory has resulted in the ‘big tusk gene’ becoming increasingly rare. read more