6 tons of ivory crushed as Government outsmarts itself

On thursday U.S. officials crushed 6 tons of ivory tusk, jewelry and carvings seized at ports and border crossings over the past 25 years. These stockpiles of ivory fuel the demand. We need to crush the stores of ivory worldwide," said agency director Dan Ashe. One thing i would ask Mr.Ashe is how does ivory held by the The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in any way fuel demand for more poached ivory? Also what exactly does crushing the ivory do to stop poaching compared to selling the already poached ivory for 50 cents on the dollar to under cut demand and pricing for the new ivory being poached every day? Then using that money to start a reserve in Asia or Africa to protect more elephants. Seems like a lot of back patting by The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for them not actually doing any thing constructive to protect the living elephants and walrus being poached.