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The men allegedly sent elephant tusks and rhinoceros horn to the U.S. disguised as wood, and had plans for a larger deal. 2 from Congo arrested in alleged elephant ivory, rhino horn trade Skip to ...
The demand for ivory has caused specific animals to become endangered, including the African and Asian Elephant. Ivory is a coveted material throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia that is illustrated in religious objects, art, and demonstrates wealth. In the last thirty years, ivory has been mainly been used in the jewelry and souvenirs markets ...
Ivory trade in Ghana, 1690. Elephant ivory has been exported from Africa and Asia for millennia with records going back to the 14th century BCE.Transport of the heavy commodity was always difficult, and with the establishment of the early-modern slave trades from East and West Africa, freshly captured slaves were used to carry the heavy tusks to the ports where both the tusks and their ...
The Lane County Farmers Market is related to the first public market in Lane County, which began in 1915. [citation needed] The market location, at the corner of 8th Avenue and Oak Street, in downtown Eugene is where it began, though competition from large supermarkets and other conditions contributed to its closure in 1959.
Identifying close relatives indicates poachers are probably going back to the same elephant populations over and over again. The study analysed the DNA of more than 4,000 African elephant tusks ...
The city of Eugene has been working to reconfigure East 8th Avenue between Mill Street and Lincoln Street to decrease traffic lanes, add protected bike lanes and widen sidewalks.
The Enthroned Virgin and Child is a statuette in elephant ivory dated to between 1290 and 1300, now at The Cloisters in New York. Originating probably from London, certainly English, it is today badly damaged.
Operation Shikkar was an extensive enforcement and investigation initiative undertaken by the Kerala Forest Department between 2015 and 2017, aimed at dismantling a widespread network involved in illegal ivory smuggling and the poaching of elephants in India. This operation marked one of the most significant efforts against wildlife crime in ...