11.   The House on Tuesday passed measures to renew American help to African and Asian nations trying to save their elephant herds from poachers and other dangers.

12.   The House was voting Tuesday on a bill to renew American help to African and Asian nations trying to save their elephant herds from poachers and other dangers.

13.   The study said that while elephant herds may grow within protected areas, the ivory ban alone will not be enough to prevent overall losses.

14.   The traditional method of reducing elephant herds was to kill them, a procedure known as culling that invariably drew emotional protests.

15.   They claim the ban caused a rapid and unsustainable increase in their elephant herds.

16.   Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia have proposed lifting the ban so they can sell ivory stocks obtained from culling elephant herds.