What is ivory and why does it belong on elephants?
We’ve all seen photographs of majestic elephants sporting long, off-white tusks on either side of their trunks. This ivory is both beautiful on the animals and essential to the species’ survival. But what exactly is it?
Why do people buy elephant ivory? | Magazine Articles | WWF
The array of objects on offer is staggering, but so is what they’re made from: the tusks of elephants—ivory. “The loss or endangerment of any species has an undeniable ripple effect. Stopping the illegal ivory trade and ending the demand for elephant ivory products will take smart, interconnected efforts across the planet.
Stopping Elephant Ivory Demand | Initiatives | WWF - World …
Each year, at least 20,000 African elephants are illegally killed for their tusks. A decade-long resurgence in demand for elephant ivory, particularly in parts of Asia, has fueled this rampant poaching epidemic.
Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Elephant tusks serve many purposes. These extended teeth can be used to protect the elephant's trunk, lift and move objects, gather food, and strip bark from trees. They can also be used for defense. During times of drought, elephants even use …
African Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Upper incisor teeth develop into tusks in African elephants and grow throughout their lifetime. There are two species of African elephants—the savanna (or bush) elephant and the forest elephant. Savanna elephants are larger than forest elephants, and their tusks curve outwards.
Top 10 Elephant Facts - World Wildlife Fund
Elephant tusks serve many purposes. These extended teeth can be used to protect the elephant's trunk, lift and move objects, gather food, and strip bark from trees. They can also be used for defense.
African Forest Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
African forest elephants are smaller than African savanna elephants, the other African elephant species. Their ears are more oval-shaped and their tusks are straighter and point downward (the tusks of savanna elephants curve outwards).
Two years after China bans elephant ivory trade, demand for …
2019年12月31日 · More than 20,000 elephants annually are killed for their tusks. Yet two years later, China’s policy change appears to be having an impact. In the wake of the ban, WWF conducted annual surveys of Chinese consumers and found a …
In a disturbing new trend, poachers are killing Myanmar’s …
2017年6月6日 · For decades, they’ve faced the threats of habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and, to a lesser extent, poaching. But poaching for body parts other than tusks (only male Asian elephants grow tusks, and only 1% of male elephants in Myanmar have tusks) is on the rise.
Ivory in the Arctic | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
WWF often communicates about ivory in our efforts to end the unsustainable poaching of elephants for their tusks. WWF recognizes that the word "ivory" can include material from several species in addition to elephants, including mastodon and mammoth tusks, hippopotamus teeth, narwhal tusks, and walrus tusks.