US crushes six tons of illegal ivory treasures into teeny-tiny bits
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 18:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Six tons of carvings, jewelry, trinkets and tusks were reduced to powder Thursday afternoon as the United States destroyed its ivory stockpile.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had collected the items over the past 25 years through smuggling busts and border confiscations.