But the big profit is made in Asia. Thai Customs recently evaluated smuggled ivory as being worth $1,800 per kilogram—$18,000 per elephant—wholesale. The “street value” retail price of 10 kilograms of ...
“This is the best,” the Daxin Ivory Carving Factory’s Feng tells me, holding up a chunk of forest elephant tusk. Carvings made from forest elephant ivory sell out so quickly that customers ...
Why is taking ivory tusks from elephants illegal? Behind every piece of ivory—whether it be a full tusk or carved trinket—is a dead elephant. Poachers kill about 20,000 elephants every single year for ...
You can also import worked (carved) ivory acquired before Feb 4 ... The rules for importation of Asian elephant ivory are different still. (Confused yet?) Last September, Victor Gordon, the owner of ...
This ivory piece, carved in mainland China circa 1935 ... This sculpture was created before the treaty banning trade in elephant ivory was enacted in the mid-1970s. GIA helps to uphold the ivory trade ...
The art of ivory and bone carving in Asia, particularly in India and the Philippines, has a rich history influenced by the ...
The US-based environmental organisation WildAid estimates that more than 30,000 elephants are killed every year in Africa for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery ...
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