The endangered listing of Asian elephants under the ESA banned the trade of their ivory in the US Despite these ongoing threats, extinction has thus far been prevented.
Asian elephant populations have long suffered from poaching for illegal trade in ivory and other body parts, and they face significant pressures from habitat fragmentation and conflict with humans. The endangered listing of Asian elephants under the ESA banned the trade of their ivory in the US Despite these ongoing threats, extinction has thus far been prevented.