Crushing news: Shutdown stalls pulverizing of US ivory stockpile
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 11:31
in Mathematics & Economics
In a bid to discourage poachers and wildlife traffickers, federal officials had planned to pulverize 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) of illegal elephant ivory this week, but the event has been canceled due to the lapse in government funding.After the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the U.S.