There has been an enormous rise in the number of elephant killings for their ivories. This year is said to be the worst since world ivory ban was introduced in 1989. Only 8% elephants are left, and at the pace they are getting killed. It seems that all the elephants would wipe out by 2020.

The elephants are shot for their tusks which are smuggled to Asia. Jewels, trinkets and chopsticks are some of the things are some of the things which are made out of it. Increasing charm for ivory products is taking toll on African elephants.

The number of people getting killed in the fight between rangers and poachers, but suffering end remained elephants. Recently only, consignment worth £850,000 was seized by the Malaysian authorities on December 21. It had thousands of tusks which were being shipped to Cambodia from Kenya’s Mombasa port.

Wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said, “The escalation in ivory trade and elephant and rhino killing is being driven by the Asian syndicates that are now firmly enmeshed within African societies”. Tom Milliken from TRAFFIC said that there has never been such a rise in elephant killings since 1989 law. But this year has crossed all the limits.

The number of ivories that come into notice is not the real number. There could be double or triple the amount of tusks that got smuggled across countries but remain undetected. TRAFFIC said about 800 kilograms seizures has taken place in 2011. But not at one place, countries differ.

Tanzania lost 50 elephants and Kenya had to lose 47. The number has been increasing with every passing day and has made 2011 the worst year in several past decades to be the worst for elephants.

It seems stringent action is needed at world level and then only remaining elephants could be saved.