“Poachers kill about 20,000 elephants every single year for their tusks, which are then traded illegally in the international market to eventually end up as ivory trinkets.

TYLER, Texas (KETK) — Three men were indicted by a grand jury in East Texas following accusations of transporting two African elephant ivory tusks from an Oklahoma residence to Texas for sale.

3 men accused of trying to sell elephant tusks face massive possible fines by: Darby Good, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Oct 21, 2022 / 12:48 PM EDT Updated: Oct 21, 2022 / 03:33 PM EDT ...

Testing tusks Michael Cherney is the lead author and research affiliate at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. He said his team started by testing elephant tusks.