US Ivory Crush Canceled in Wake of Shutdown

Monday, October 7, 2013 - 14:00 in Mathematics & Economics

In a bid to discourage poachers and wildlife traffickers, federal officials had planned to pulverize six tons (5.4 tonnes) of illegal elephant ivory this week, but the event has been canceled due to the lapse in government funding.

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