News Forum - Elephant tusks hoped to raise 25 million baht for conservation

[Thaiger]

If you still haven’t found that perfect Christmas present for that hard to shop for loved one, here’s a perfect multi-million baht gift idea. A pair of ethically obtained elephant tusks will be offered on auction to raise money for the Chang Thongkhum Elephant Conservation Centre. The starting bid price? 25 million baht. Elephant tusks are highly prized and banned in many parts of the world. In Thailand, they are legal to sell or own domestically, but illegal to import or export. The ivory that elephant tusks are made of can fetch up to 100,000 baht per kilogramme, with some […]

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[ThaiEyes]

Does anyone see any irony here?

[King Cotton]

11 minutes ago, ThaiEyes said:

Does anyone see any irony here?

Yes, for sure, but I thought it was a typo for ivory at first sight !

[ThaiEyes]

45 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Yes, for sure, but I thought it was a typo for ivory at first sight !

I wished it was a typo

[Fluke]

6 minutes ago, ThaiEyes said:

I wished it was a typo

Elon Musk ?

[Jason]

If the tusks are retrieved from dead elephants and the proceeds of the sale used to care for elephants, then I'm ok with that!!

[Jason]

The blatant killing of elephants, to profit from the sale of their tusks, is reprehensible.