The beautiful narwhal is expected to become on the endangered list in less than five years if their needless killing continues. The international ivory ban that came into effect in 1989 is limited to the tusks of elephants, and does not include the single tusk that extends from the narwhal’s jaw. Last week, stunned conservationists discovered that several narwhal tusks were being auctioned in London and were expected to fetch in the area of ВЈ10,000 each. (more…)

The popular auction site eBay has finally put a complete stop to the sale of virtually all ivory products on their site. Conservationists have long been criticising the website for what they referred to as being the black market for selling ivory across the world. EBay retaliated by putting a limited ban on ivory items in 2007, but the environmentalists were still not happy.

Conservationists estimate that up to 20,000 elephants are still killed every year for their tusks regardless of the international trade ban on ivory products that was established in 1989. Conservationists say that eBay needs to take responsibility for the part that they have been playing in the sale of ivory as their site has been revealed to sell more than 63% of ivory products worldwide in a study over a seven week period. (more…)