“Today, the fight has caught public imagination following a controversial decision last month by an international committee – which includes British representatives – to lift a strict ban on the sale of ivory.” – Mail Online

“A report that the ivory trade may lead to the extinction of Africa’s elephants by 2020 has rocked wildlife lovers across the world. ” – The Sun

“Elephant poaching in India may increase as China plans to open its domestic market for limited sale of ivory products after a UN committee gave its consent, experts have said. ” – The Times of India

“In the 1980s, the world was sickened by the plague of poachers destroying Africa’s elephants. At the time, 70,000 elephants were being killed every year, and the anger over these deaths lead directly to 1989’s international ban on ivory trade.” – Plenty Magazine

“African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals’ plight.” – FuturePundit

“The number of poached elephants is on the rise and could lead to the extinction of large populations of African elephants in a scant 12 years, according to new research from the University of Washington.” – seattlepi.com

“African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals’ plight.” – EurekAlert!

“Game rangers in Southeast Cameroon, July 14, 2008, confiscated 22 ivory tusks and 11 elephant tails.” – allAfrica.com

“To keep a check on poaching and other illegal activities in forests, the state forest department has bought five elephants from Assam to guard the forest reserves of Dudhwa and Katarniyaghat. ” – ExpressIndia

“Conservationists and animal rights activists, have raised concern over the decision to approve China, as a buyer for a one-off sale of elephant ivory is likely to increase poaching and illegal ivory trade in Africa.” – allAfrica.com

“The Bangalore police apprehended two poachers and recovered from them a rare elephant pearl along with a pair of tusks.” – Khaleej Times Online

“After six years of silence in the Nilgiris forest, poachers have struck again, killing a 12-year-old tusker near Thorapalli, about three km from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. ” – The Times of India

“Poachers killed an elephant and sawed off its trunk inside Raimona forest in Assam’s Kokrajhar district along the Indo-Bhutan border.” – The Telegraph

“In the thick jungles straddling TN and Karnataka where Veerappan once reigned and killed over 100 elephants, new poachers have sprouted over the past three years, gunning down 17 elephants so far for their valuable ivory tusks. ” – The Times of India

“According to the park wardens, meat — and hunger — is the main reason behind these killings, not ivory. This is not surprising given the dire poverty that affects much of the population in this part of the Congo.”- Ottawa Citizen

“More than 35 tuskers have been killed in past three years in Athgarh Forest Division, according to unofficial figures. However, the official figure stands at 21. In past six months alone, nine tuskers have been killed – four in Narsinghpur (West), three in Narsinghpur (East) and two in Khuntuni range.” – Newindpress.com

“In the last few days, we have received reports that poachers have killed 17 elephants in the Virunga National Park in the Congo, at least 6 tigers in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park and 6 rhinos in northern India and Nepal.” – Wildlife Extra