Despite progress, “robust” ivory trade continues
Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed for its ivory. In spite of a 1990 ban on international ivory sales, Africa’s current elephant population has been reduced to perhaps less than half of the 1.3 million that roamed just 35 years ago. Asian elephants face an even grimmer fate: today perhaps just 40,000 remain in the wild, according to Bagheera.com, a website...