Press Release: Legal Sales of Ivory in Tokyo Drive Illegal Exports

by Adam Cruise | Mar 27, 2021 | Press Releases

By WildAid and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund. Tokyo, Japan – A report released today by WildAid and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) documents ivory businesses in Tokyo targeting Chinese customers, who knowingly operate with the assumption...

Legal Ivory Trade in a Corrupt World and its Impact on African Elephant Populations

by Adam Cruise | Feb 17, 2014 | Studies

By Elizabeth Bennet – World Conservation Society (WCS) – February 17 2014 Illegal hunting of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) for ivory is causing rapid declines in their populations. Since 2007, illegal ivory trade has more than doubled. African...