Sentences with phrase «tons of illegal ivory»
In November last year the United States destroyed six tons of illegal ivory and in December China ground up the same amount.
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On November 14th, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service destroyed nearly six tons of illegal ivory.
On November 14, the U.S. destroyed six tons of illegal ivory to raise awareness about the plight of elephants.
At 10; 30 a.m., the state DEC destroys nearly two tons of illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts in Central Park, to send «a clear message that the state will not tolerate wildlife crime that threatens to wipe out Africa's elephants,» Manhattan.
He made the comment in announcing guilty pleas from two dealers and their businesses caught in New York City with upwards of a ton of illegal ivory goods with a retail value estimated at $ 2 million.
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Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants are heading for a rock crusher in New York City's Central Park to demonstrate the state's commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade.
People in New York City's Times Square will witness plumes of pulverized bone erupt as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crushes one ton of confiscated ivory Friday to protest the illegal poaching of African elephants for the ivory trade.
Within the past week, Thailand officials seized seven tons of ivory, representing the slaughter of hundreds of African elephants for illegal trade.
Operation COBRA II results in the seizure of 36 rhino horns, three metric tons of elephant ivory, 10,000 turtles, and 1,000 skins of protected species, as well as 10,000 European eels and more than 200 metric tons of rosewood logs, dealing a huge blow to criminals involved in the highly lucrative trade in illegal wildlife.
On June 19th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crushed a ton of seized illegal ivory in New York's Times Square, and last week top officials from the United States and China focused on combating wildlife trafficking at the annual Strategic & Economic Dialogue.
Last Friday, the Unites States destroyed more than one ton of seized illegal ivory in the middle of Times Square, New York — the second time in two years that ivory has been crushed in the Unites States...