CHITUNGWIZA-BASED visual artist Joshua Chirume explores various characteristics of his totem animal, the elephant and engraves them into highly expressive and realistic fine art stone figurines. A ...

The total value of the wildlife trafficked by Ferdinand Krizan, of Franklinville, ,NY, according to the DEC, was $141,877. As part of the plea, he will give up about 100 pieces of ivory carvings, DEC ...

Q: What can you tell me about a treasure I’ve had for a while? It’s a carved elephant tusk about 26 inches long. It was made for Kate Smith. A: For readers unfamiliar with the name, singer Kate Smith ...

A Franklinville man must pay a $30,000 fine for illegally buying and selling elephant tusks. Federal prosecutors say Ferdinand Krizan, 78, bought tusks from an auction house in Canada and shipped them ...

In its latest show, Elephant Gallery brings to light the extraordinary work of Don Shull, an 82-year-old Illinois folk artist who has never exhibited before. “Don Shull: Whirligigs and Carvings,” ...

Despite an international ban on trade in ivory, elephants are still illegally hunted for their tusks. Up to 35,000 were killed for ivory in 2011 alone, in many cases to create religious artefacts.