Two tons of ivory worth $4.5million was destroyed in Central Park on Thursday in a milestone showcase of New York City's war on the trade. Trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants were fed into a rock crusher in Central Park to demonstrate the state's commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. The artifacts were placed ceremoniously onto a conveyor belt to be ground into dust included piles of golf-ball-sized Japanese sculptures, called netsuke, intricately carved into monkeys, rabbits and other fanciful designs. Many of the items were beautiful. Some were extremely valuable. State environmental officials and Wildlife Conservation Society members, who partnered with Tiffany & Co. for the 'Ivory Crush', said no price justifies slaughtering elephants for their tusks.
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