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“A smuggler was arrested with 5.5 kg of elephant tusk in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, about 250 kms from here, police said Friday. “We arrested the criminal Suresh Verma from the Hi Tech colony area. We also recovered a country-made pistol and two live cartridges from him”, inspector R.D. Chauhan of Pipari police station told IANS on phone.” - Thaindian News

“Elephants are evolving smaller tusks due to pressure from hunting and poaching for ivory, according to conservation experts.” - Telegraph

“A bloody trail led from the busted glass toward an interior display case that housed a $14,500 elephant tusk.” - Northwest Florida Daily News

“Veterinarians plan to remove what’s left of Tusko’s infected tusk in an operation Sunday at the Oregon Zoo. ” - OregonLive.com

“A Longview towing company was called to the Oregon Zoo in Portland on Saturday morning to help a sedated bull elephant having surgery to remove an infected tusk.” - The Daily News Online

“Francistown Magistrate Court has fined 76-year-old Mbako Mongwa P2000 or three months imprisonment in default of payment for the unlawful possession of an elephant tusk.”- BOPA Daily

“If going to the dentist makes you feel uneasy, spare a thought for Nissim the elephant - he needed a Black and Decker masonry drill to help sort out his very special filling.” - Manchester Evening News

“Police in Quang Ninh northern province have discovered a car transporting around 117.5 kg of elephant tusks, a practice banned in Vietnam.” - Thanh Nien Daily