Campaigners and experts believe there is growing evidence that Siberian mammoth ivory, which is currently legal to sell in large parts of the world and fetches similar values to crafts and ...
Brett Westwood hears how demand for mammoth ivory is growing. Most mammoth populations had died out by around 10,000 years ago although a small population of 500-1000 woolly mammoths lived on ...
The itching usually strikes when he’s on the verge of finding what he’s looking for: the ivory tusks of a mammoth. The shaggy giants that roamed northern Siberia during the late Pleistocene ...
The remains were covered with ochre, a red pigment used in ancient burials. It also contained 53 beads made out of mammoth ...
With the sale of elephant tusks under close scrutiny, “ethical ivory” from the extinct woolly mammoth is now feeding an insatiable market in China. This rush on mammoth ivory is luring a fresh ...
The transnational trade of modern ivory is banned in a bid to protect elephants, but the trade of ancient mammoth tusks is not. However, telling the difference between illegal elephant ivory and ...
NEW YORK— A federal court in New York on Friday upheld the state’s ban on sales and in-store displays of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhino horn — rejecting claims that the ban was unconstitutional.