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Elephant tusks crushed in NYC to protest ivory trade

Clip: 6/20/2015 | 1m 53s

Illegal elephant ivory put on display and destroyed in the center of Times Square

On Friday, illegal elephant ivory was put on display and then destroyed in the center of Times Square in New York City. Elephant poaching is soaring according to conservation groups, as a pound of ivory can fetch $1,500 on the black market. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

06/20/2015 | Rating NR

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