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Yes all elephants tusks from all subspecies are made of ivory

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Is there a safer way to get ivory from elephants?

No, all the ways to get ivory from elephants is wrong and will kill the elephants. You should NOT buy or get elephant's ivory tusks. Do not be a poacher.


What might to happen to elephants if ivory trade was made legal again?

For decades, man has hunted elephants for their tusks (Ivory). Ivory is the main reason for the drastic decline in elephant populations around the world. As of now, almost all countries have banned hunting elephants for ivory or trading in ivory related products. If ivory trade was made legal again, the elephants may go extinct due to mans greed.


What is ivory made of?

Ivory is found in the tusks of male elephants. Hunters/poachers kill the elephants for the ivory, usually the elephants are shot and once the hunters have taken the tusk the animal is Left there.


What substance are elephants tusks made from?

Ivory


Where do they hunt elephants for ivory?

Virtually anywhere they live, elephants are hunted by poachers for their ivory. The range of wild elephants includes nearly all of Africa south of the Sahara, as well as southern Asia from India to Malaysia and Borneo.


What do you get from elephants?

Ivory from their tusks.


Does elephants have ivory?

Yes, the ivory in an elephant is found in its tusks. One of the main reasons the elephants are endangered is because of the ivory in their tusks. The tusks are located in the front of the elephants face, a very prominent feature for the elephant.


When was it illegal to hunt for ivory?

It is and has been illegal to hunt Elephants for Ivory. Poaching for Ivory has been one of the main reasons for the rapid decline in the population of elephants in the wild. All nations have put a ban on elephant hunting and it is illegal to hunt elephants.


About the ivory horn?

Ivory is an elephants tusk and a white icy colour .


What is complete ban of ivory means?

As the only source of ivory is from the tusks of elephants, the trade in ivory has been a big contributor to why elephants have been heavily poached, and in some areas actually all killed off. And since it's really hard to tell if a piece of ivory is old enough to be from the time when hunting elephants was seen as OK, or if it s from an animal that has been recently poached, the simple solution to avoid dealing with parts of poached animals is not to deal in ivory at all - and that's a complete ban on (trading in) ivory.


Do female elephants have ivory?

YES........................


Is ivory a rock?

No Ivory comes from elephants' tusks, and some animals teeth.