New York, USA. 19th June, 2015. One ton of illegal ivory confiscated by the Fish and Wildlife Service and New York State is displayed and crushed in Times Square in New York on Friday, June 19, 2015. The illegal ivory contributes to the decimation of the elephants in Africa at the rate of 96 each day. The prohibits commercial imports of ivory and regulates domestic trade of raw ivory and ivory products. New York has a ban on the sale of ivory. Credit: Richard Levine/Alamy Live News


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