This machine ate more than a ton of ivory today. The global ivory trade is currently responsible for the slaughter of up to 35,000 elephants a year (that’s 96 elephants per day, or one elephant every 15 minutes). In protest, the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System crushed more than one ton of ivory today in Times Square. #IvoryCrush | CNBC

17K views · 970 reactions | China's ban on commercial processing and sales of ivory has officially begun. As a result, practitioners of the centuries-old art of ivory carving start looking at how to adapt. | China Xinhua News | Facebook