Communities are struggling to live with elephants in parts of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe elephants threatened as government push for lifting ban on ivory sales

The Chinese national, who is in her 60s, could spend up to 17 years in prison. 

Chinese grandmother dubbed 'The Ivory Queen' jailed for smuggling role

As China introduced stricter enforcement on its entry and exit points, several Vietnamese syndicates appear to have taken over.

A British ban on ivory sales will be one of the world's toughest in a bid to protect elephants, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Everyday 55 African elephants are killed, largely to meet the global demand for ivory.

Around 7.2 tonnes of elephant tusks with an estimated value of £7m were hidden in cartons labelled frozen fish in a container shipment.

There is still a market for ivory and as long as there is there will be those willing to enter the high risk business to satisfy it.

Shui Dong is the size of Brighton, but it is the destination for 80% of all poached ivory from Africa arriving in China.

Conservationists are calling the ban significant because the country's consumer market drives much of the elephant poaching across Africa.

A proposal to sell ivory stockpiles and return profits to communities that sustain elephants has been defeated at a major global conference.

Prince William said at current illegal poaching rates when Princess Charlotte turns 25, the African elephant "will be gone from the wild".

Chinese grandmother Yang Feng Glan, 66, is accused of ruling a network linking local poachers to powerful Chinese buyers.

Campaigners hope the move from the world's largest market for ivory will help stamp out illegal trading.

A Chinese woman accused of leading one of Africa's biggest ivory smuggling rings has been charged as authorities battle to end the trade.

Customs officials in Thailand seize 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in the country's history.