Bans Quote by Ian Somerhalder

Elephants are living treasures. Nature's gardeners. Nature's great teachers. Tragically some people don't give a damn. They prefer the dead treasure to the living…

— Virginia McKenna

Our elephants are under siege because of an illegal international market that has driven ivory prices in the region up significantly. I call upon…

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.

— Li Bingbing

Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.

— Yao Ming

Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize…

— Li Bingbing

Seized ivory stocks around Africa are recycled back into illegal trade due to corruption. Ivory stocks should be burnt together with the hopes of…

— Ofir Drori

Earlier, 100,000 elephants lived in Kenya and we didn't have any noteworthy problem with it. The problem that we have is not that there…

— Richard Leakey

The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.

— Li Bingbing

It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to…

— Graydon Carter

Currently poaching threatens the very existence of the African Elephant, and my worry is that if we do not act NOW, we could be…

— Yaya Toure

Elephants are not human, of course. They are something much more ancient and primordial, living on a different plane of existence. Long before we…

— Alex Shoumatoff

There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most…

— Mark Shand