You can even approximate an elephant’s age by comparing its tusk size to others of its age and species. Chemically, there’s no difference between a tooth and a tusk, but ivory continues to be ...

A full-grown elephant was shot dead by suspected poachers in Tripura's Khowai district, with its tusks removed. Forest ...

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

Elephant tusks can grow over 10 feet and are used for ... tusks avoid fights with older elephants. There are two broad species of elephants, the African and Asian elephants. Both sexes of African ...

Five persons were arrested on charges of smuggling elephant tusks in Salem district on Thursday (January 2, 2025) evening. Acting on a tip-off that a gang was smuggling elephant tusks, the Forest ...

Officials of the Forest Cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) caught a 27-year-old forest watcher while he was trying to sell two elephant tusks to prospective clients on Kollegal ...

Krishnagiri: Forest officers attached to the Hosur forest division on Sunday arrested a seven-member gang for attempting to sell a pair of elephant tusks. The wildlife warden of the Hosur forest ...