Endangered rhino horns and elephant tusks seized in California

Poachers kill over 20,000 African elephants every year for their ivory. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently broke up an alleged illegal poaching front in Los Angeles County. According to the department, thousands of elephant ivory pieces along with multiple "large, intricately carved tusks," a sea turtle shell, and at least nine rhinoceros horns were confiscated from an unnamed business. "The global demand for ivory and rhino horn fuels poaching and organized crime," CDFW Deputy Director and Chief of Law Enforcement Nathaniel Arnold said in a statement, adding that these and other operations "send a clear message" to black market vendors.