Ivory_Tusks

Ivory Tusks Elephants, Ivory and its Origins The issue Elephants have been exploited for their ivory in massive scales since the 1970s. Types of Elephants being hunted Asian (elephant maximus) and African (loxodonta africana) elephants are listed on Appendix I of CITES. Geographic Locations Most elephants in Africa reside in Zaire (112,000), followed by Gabon (78,000), Botswana (68,000), Tanzania (61,000), and Zimbabwe (52,000). Kenya\'s elephants have been greatly reduced and now number 16,000 What was the Ivory worth' In the 1960s, raw ivory prices remained between $3 and $10 per pound. In 1975, the price reached $50 because ivory was perceived as a valuable hedge against rising inflation. By 1987, the price was $125 per pound. New manufacturing techniques, which enabled the mass production of ivory carvings, along with rising demand in East Asia and led to increased elephant kills. Who were the consumers' Hong Kong was the primary consumer of raw ivory from 1979 to 1987 and probably ivory, elephants, ban, trade, percent, elephant, raw, per, cites, appendix, african, 1989, worked, united, status, states, rising, price, pound, million, japan, being, before, asian, 1987, zimbabwe, zaire, years, year, worth, world, valued, value, valuable, types, traded