- Australia’s failure to regulate sale of elephant ivory and rhino horns could be contributing to demise of the animals, a parliamentary committee has heard...committee is looking into country’s regulations and whether they allow newly-poached ivory and horns to be passed off as antiques. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/03/australia-needs-tighter-ivory-sale-laws-to-protect-elephants-parliamentary-committee-hears 9 comments worldnews