Thailand's elehpant calves are being sold for domestication while the mothers are being killed. Anti-poaching operations have had some success. In Mpumalangia, Africa, microchips are inserted into cycads and rhino horns, which helps confiscate animals being smuggled. 1,500 birds were confiscated at border posts. So were non-tagged rhino horns and elephant tusks.
Tigers are also in trouble.
From about 30,000 tigers in Asia to now around 7,000, this animal is vanishing fast. It is illegal to shoot a tiger but it happens every day for medicine used by the Chinese. Rhinos are still being massacred for their horns, which bring in thousands of dollars. Rhinoceros horn and tiger bone are used for medicine and sold in North America. Let's not forget fur of some animals being turned into coats and other clothing and accessories.