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U.S. Crushes 6 Tons of Ivory, Some of it Exquisitely Carved, to "Send Message" to Poachers; Does Thi

- Mish - Global Economic Analysis

But...but if the government dumped all that ivory on the market at once, that would lower the price of ivory, and then it wouldn't be as lucrative for the poachers.

Oh wait, that makes sense, too, so no way the government would go for it.

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Beginning of the headline :Here's an interesting video of the US taking 6 tons of confiscated ivory to Africa to crush it. The purpose was to "send a message" to poachers. The entire worldwide elephant population is 500,000. They are vanishing at a rate of 50,000 per year, just for their ivory. A couple of people sent me this video, Reader Michael was first. Link if video does not play: U.S. crushes 6 tons of confiscated ivory to send message to poachers Africa's elephants are being slaughtered at a record pace by ... Read More

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