Elephant Nature Park: Chiang Mai's most responsible animal sanctuary
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/elephant-nature-park-chiang-mai/index.html
Ivory is rumored to be the key to save elephants. Japan imports ivory to use it as a material of signature seals.
Though I don't know how other parts of the killed elephants are used, Japan should use alternative material to make signature seals, if elephants are regularly killed only for getting ivory.
