US Destroys 6 Tons of Ivory

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers carry confiscated ivory to a crusher to be pulverized, at the National Wildlife Property Repository, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Commerce City, Colo., Nov. 14, 2013.

A front end loader dumps ivory into a giant rock crusher to be pulverized, at the National Wildlife Property Repository, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Commerce City, Colo., Nov. 14, 2013.

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee keeps watch as pulverized confiscated ivory emerges from a rock crusher after being destroyed during an event at the National Wildlife Property Repository, Commerce City, Colo., Nov. 14, 2013.

Members of the media cover a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service event in which confiscated elephant ivory was destroyed at the National Wildlife Property Repository, Commerce City, Colo., Nov. 14, 2013.

Confiscated decorative ivory is piled together in preparation to be destroyed during an event at the National Wildlife Property Repository, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Commerce City, Colo., Nov. 14, 2013.