In New York, crushed a ton of ivory

In the very center of New York, in Times Square, 20 Jun symbolically smashed about a ton of ivory. Most of it was confiscated from an art dealer from Philadelphia, which has already been tried.

This event was attended by Grace Meng, she represents the US Democratic Party in Congress. She said that the US government will in every way prevent the illegal killing of elephants in Africa.

In recent years, this is not the first such ceremony of public destruction of confiscated ivory. They want to make a memorial from crushed bones, which will remind of elephants killed by poachers.

Recall that last year in new york limited ivory trade.