Carvings made from forest elephant ivory sell out so quickly that customers have been commissioning them. The only carved image he has left to show me is an old one of Chairman Mao with a crack in it.

"Toss the Tusk" events are where people can bring their unwanted ivory items to be properly disposed of. The illegal international ivory trade uses Miami-Dade County as a transit hub.

The elephant is carved on to a gemstone, which experts believe is probably a carnelian A medieval gold seal which shows an elephant carrying a castle on its back has become only the third of its ...