Sentences with phrase «for ivory»

It is thought they are being killed for their ivory.

The slaughter of elephants for ivory provides another example.

Every day is better if Mom is in it so I reach for the ivory vintage bag she gave me years before she passed.

All argue that some elephant populations are healthy enough to be managed for ivory production.

The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s.

The Government of Japan has announced its intention to launch an expanded tusk registration campaign nationwide that will increase demand for ivory in Japan, while legalizing large amounts of illegal ivory.

Elephants are poached for the ivory in their tusks, which is sold on to consumers in Asian countries like China and Vietnam.

«At its root, though, it is ending demand for ivory in countries like Thailand and China which will ensure the survival of Central Africa's elephants.»

People in New York City's Times Square will witness plumes of pulverized bone erupt as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crushes one ton of confiscated ivory Friday to protest the illegal poaching of African elephants for the ivory trade.

Elephants are being poached in mass numbers and their ivory trafficked to fulfill an explosive demand for ivory products from consumers in countries like China, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In recent years, up to 33,000 African elephants have been killed annually for their ivory tusks.

Over the past five years or so, as the poaching of elephants has swelled to record numbers, environmentalists and researchers have pointed a finger firmly at China's ravenous appetite for ivory as the main cause for what is now widely described as a crisis.

Previous campaigns to cut demand for ivory by reducing its acceptability have had an impact.

Africa's elephants are once again in crisis due to the explosive demand for ivory as an investment commodity from consumers in China, as well as other countries including Japan, Thailand, and even the United States.

He personally produced the first report several years ago that documented declining prices for ivory in China as government enforcement efforts finally began to kick in.

More than 20,000 African elephants are killed every year for their ivory, according to an analysis by CITES MIKE Program (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants).

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989, says a researcher from the University of Washington (UW).

Middleton took a similar approach for her wedding to Prince William in April 2011, trading in her luxurious wedding gown for an ivory satin dress that was less extravagant but equally elegant.

While celluloid would prove a wonderful substitute for ivory, Hyatt apparently never collected the ten - thousand - dollar prize.

In 2008, Peristov was looking for ivory along Siberia's Irtysh River when he noticed a bone jutting from the riverbank.

Although historians long assumed that the Norse settled Iceland and Greenland in search of new farmland, some researchers have recently suggested that the hunt for ivory instead drove the settlement of both islands.

New research led by Colorado State University has revealed that an estimated 100,000 elephants in Africa were killed for their ivory between 2010 and 2012.

After the DNA results came out, the Zambian government fired its director of wildlife and imposed harsher sentences for ivory traffickers.

In Kenya the problem as particularly acute among the elephant and rhino populations who are prized for their ivory tusks and horns.

Went for ivory dress and came back with blush.

In just the span of two years from 2010 - 2012, 100,000 African elephants were killed by poachers for their ivory and the species is in danger of extinction in the next couple of decades if the poaching continues at this rate.

Still, around the world, demand for ivory continues to grow and in Africa, poaching is more prevalent than ever.

King Leopold II «founded» the Congo Free State as «his own» private colony, and went on to make a huge fortune from it by forcing the Congolese into slave labor for ivory and rubber.

The Royal Collection is supposed to contain some 1,200 artefacts containing ivory dating back hundreds of years, and it has been reported that William's father, the Prince of Wales, has asked for all ivory items at his Clarence House and Highgrove House residences to be removed from sight during the last few years.

If the allegations are true Zimbabwe intends to prosecute Grace Mugabe for ivory and rhino horn smuggling.

In 1863, so the story goes, a New York billiards supplier ran a newspaper ad offering «a handsome fortune,» ten thousand dollars in gold, to anyone who could come up with a suitable alternative for ivory.

They exploited it not just for ivory, but also for food, Smiarowski says as he huddles in a dimly lit side room here to review recent finds.

By the time you eat breakfast, another elephant has been slaughtered to produce trinkets for the ivory market.»

The example of Africa's elephants, whose numbers have been slashed by demand from Asia for their ivory, have prompted conservations to mobilize to protect the pangolins.

HALF of all Africa's elephants were killed illegally for their ivory between 1979 and 1988.

The researcher notes «in the light of the recent killings of elephants in the state for ivory trade and during conflicts, Sabahans must realise that it is their natural patrimony that is targeted, they need to stand for their wildlife and condemn those who kill those magnificent creatures.

They traded with distant cities for ivory, gold, and silver, creating what may have been the first commercial link between the East and the West.

That was the case for the ivory bill.»

Another tip - off is the lack of a face, as poachers hack off the tusks to be sold for ivory.

A study just published in the online journal PLOS ONE and supported in part by San Diego Zoo Global shows that a staggering 62 % of all forest elephants have been killed across their range in central Africa, for their ivory over the past decade.

«Stable isotopes are most useful in eliminating possible source regions [for ivory], rather than identifying a single one.»

Before Chinese demand for ivory began driving the black market and illegal killing of tens of thousands of elephants each year, it was Japan's market for hanko, personal seals used to sign contracts, that fueled the ivory trade.

clicking I was featured on another leg wear website called Fashion Legwear for my ivory polka dot tights.

I always reach for my ivory peacoat because it goes with everything!!

We fell hard for this ivory Donna Karan Atelier ensemble as soon as we spotted it on Homeland's Morena Baccarin, but it's certainly a bold move, especially for a red carpet newbie.

In mimicking this look, you can create some variations too, such as choosing a bright yellow floral dress instead of a yellow monochrome, and swapping a yellow clutch for an ivory lace.

I can not wait for the ivory lord and Taylor dress to come Tuesday.