Tag: Tusks
Elephant’s tusks cut after fatal tourist attack
usks of a 27-year-old elephant in the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal have been cut after the animal attacked tourists on Saturday, killing a [Read More…]
Leonardo DiCaprio calls for Thai government and Yingluck to ban ivory trade
Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio has called for Thailand and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to show leadership on elephant conservation by banning all ivory trade in [Read More…]
Thailand steps up measures to prevent illegal ivory trade
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Thailand’s National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has instructed local ivory traders to beware of involvement with the illegal ivory [Read More…]
Thai police seize 20 elephant tusks
Thai police have seized 20 elephant tusks in Chumphon and arrested a police captain for smuggling the illegal cargo into Thailand, anti-animal trafficking sources revealed [Read More…]
Smuggled ivory worth Bt22 mln seized at Suvarnabhumi airport
BANGKOK, July 17- A shipment of 158 pieces of contraband ivory with a street value of Bt22.8 million (some US$760,000) was seized at Thailand’s main [Read More…]
Smuggled African ivory seized at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport
BANGKOK, April 25 – The authorities in the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday intercepted and seized 22 contraband African elephant tusks, and 44 sawn [Read More…]
Thai elephants are being killed for tourist dollars
News on elephants in Thailand since the start of this year has been dominated by the brutal killing of wild tuskers in Kaeng Krachan and [Read More…]
Huge Illegal Shipment of Elephant Tusks Seized in Thailand
Thai customs officials have seized more than two tons of African elephant tusks in the largest haul of smuggled ivory in recent history. The illegal [Read More…]
