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2. Ivory trade - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Captive elephants - Wikipedia

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   An elephant painting A temple elephant being washed at a Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Elephant from Wirth's Circus in a Sydney street parade (1938). Elephants have the largest brains of all land animals, and ever since the time of Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, [13] have been renowned for their cognitive skills, with behavioural patterns shared with humans.

4. World Elephant Day - Wikipedia

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   World Elephant Day 2018. World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants.Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest Pictures, and Sivaporn Dardarananda, Secretary-General of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in Thailand, it was officially founded, supported ...