We all love the elephant, or thought everyone did. Unfortunately, the trade in ivory of both the African and the Asian elephant has all but eliminated this wonderful animal. New laws and stiff fines against pouching have helped reduce elephant deaths greatly, but it is questionable whether these magnificent creatures can rebuild their population. It takes many many years to develop a herd, but only a few moments to kill them off.

There are two main types of elephants, the African and the Asian. The most obvious difference between the African and Asian elephant is that the African Elephant is usually much bigger. A closer look reveals many other differences, such as their shape, size of ears, trunk, etc.

In Royal Courts, the Elephant has always been a symbol of strength, used in battles as a powerful military weapon and in peacetime as a strong worker equivalent to the strength of 1,000 men.

It is common in third-world countries to see elephants carrying highly decorated carriages on their backs during religious ceremonies, or simply carrying many trees with their tusks along the sides of roads. Elephants are highly intelligent and easily befriend their keepers.

Man’s lust for ivory as well as big game hunting have single-handedly decimated the vast herds of natural elephants in the wild and greatly reduced them to a paltry few small herds.

A teak or rosewood sculpture can certainly be said to be a more civilized way to have an 'elephant trophy' at home. The exquisite craftsmanship of these art sculptures reminds us that losing such creatures would be most unfortunate and tragic.