African governments are fighting the illegal trade in wildlife goods, but they have long puzzled over what to do with confiscated ivory and horn. The potential income that could be generated from ...

They listened to the gust of wind feeding the flames, and the crackle of burning ivory, rhino horn and other items. Bright red embers bloomed inside the 10-foot high by 20-foot wide pyres ...

In the world of illegal wildlife trade, the most valuable appendage — even more than elephant ivory — is the horn of the rhinoceros. Investigative journalist Bryan Christy estimates that the ...

The appendages have been sold for as high as $400,000 per kilogram — or about $11,000 an ounce — outpacing the cost of elephant ivory and gold. The top rhino horn markets are in China and ...

with the clear intention of illicit trafficking of ivory and rhino horn. In the last three months alone, the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), coordinating with other forces in the airport’s ...

A man who smuggled rhino horn and ivory from Angola was sentenced to 12 years in jail. Ninh Ba Dien was caught in Qatar. He was hired by an anonymous person to transport a total of 17kg of horn and ...

PANAMA CITY— Countries at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting confirmed votes Thursday rejecting resumption of the ivory and rhinoceros horn trade, sparing elephants ...