But the big profit is made in Asia. Thai Customs recently evaluated smuggled ivory as being worth $1,800 per kilogram—$18,000 per elephant—wholesale. The “street value” retail price of 10 kilograms of ...

“This is the best,” the Daxin Ivory Carving Factory’s Feng tells me, holding up a chunk of forest elephant tusk. Carvings made from forest elephant ivory sell out so quickly that customers ...

"But tribal tusks weren't necessarily elaborately carved." Beginning in the ... Ultimately, of course, the appetite for ivory spelled doom for Africa's elephant herds. In an attempt to curb ...

What it is: A moving dog sculpture carved from ivory Where it is from ... Museum of Art in New York City, is made from elephant ivory. It is 7.2 inches (18.2 centimeters) long from nose to ...