last week they pulverized a lot of confiscated ivory/tusks in France I think .. was all over the news here. Sending a message that it will not be tolerated at all.
That is the part of this that never makes sense to me. Confiscate the ivory? Heck yes and jail the poachers! Then roll the ivory into the legal trade and use the millions of dollars to pay game wardens, preserve habitat, feed the dirt poor hungry villages that breed poachers! I see zero advantage to wasting millions of dollars.