6 tons of seized ivory being crushed in US
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US officials are destroying more than 6 tons of confiscated ivory tusks, carvings and jewelry, the bulk of the country's "blood ivory" stockpile, to support the fight against a $10 billion global trade that slaughters tens of thousands of elephants each year.
Officials on Thursday will use rock crushers to pulverize the stockpile, accumulated over the past 25 years, at the National Wildlife Property Repository. The US Fish and Wildlife Service will donate the crushed ivory particles to a museum. Service officials said the confiscated items represent the killing of more than 2,000 adult elephants. (AP)
