Even if it were a painless procedure, many elephants rely on their tusks to accomplish essential survival skills. Being left without the use of a tusk is not dissimilar to losing access to a hand.

THIS is the horrifying moment two elephants go on a deadly rampage in ... larger nelly can be seen plunging towards the ground after losing his grip. He smashes into the ground below and manages ...

Both male and female African elephants grow big tusks, but only a few male Asian elephants grow full-size tusks. The rest of the males and females grow smaller tusks, called tushes. Elephants use ...

Tragically though, for the second time in the last century, elephants in Africa are being slaughtered for their ivory tusks at rates that are causing severe population declines across the continent.

Small tusks indicate that young elephants were poached ... 2006 the wildlife department sued senior customs officers for “losing” several tons of seized ivory. Chastened, the customs office ...

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are killed in Africa every day for their tusks. The ivory trade is the biggest cause of elephant poaching there and elephant numbers have been decimated ...

Still, poachers and hunters are big time operators in catering to the demand for elephant tusks ... losing its numbers in the forest. According to available statistics, there are about 7000 ...

This leads to around 20,000 elephants being killed each year and their tusks being sold illegally ... As such, they will eat their prey quickly to avoid losing it to larger competitors.

Despite the size difference, hippos have sharp teeth with incredible force. But elephants can use their tusks to impale enemies. Both could do considerable damage with stomping. In one story ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...