"After years of failing to end this unfettered trade, Thailand should grab the spotlight and shut down these markets that are fuelling the poaching of elephants in Africa, " said Carlos Drews of environmental group WWF.
When Dena Drews, cofounder of the small Amalie Robert winery in Dallas, Oregon, looks out over her sloped vineyard 60 miles southwest of Portland, one small portion of it appears silver rather than lush green.