The ivory trade is the illegal and often lucrative trade in the ivory tusks of mostly African elephants. Elephant poaching is at the extent where the world has seen its worst in a decade, and capture of ivory is at its highest. It is one of the primary reasons why the elephant population, especially African elephants, is declining at a fast rate. This trade has now currently led to the endangerment of African elephants, resulting in the ban of hunting African elephants, and the selling of ivory. There are multiple reasons that ivory trade has changed the worlds outlook of the poaching and trading of elephants and their tusks.
A global ivory trade and poaching ban was put into place in 1989 after elephant poaching levels and the seizing of
A global ivory trade and poaching ban was put into place in 1989 after elephant poaching levels and the seizing of