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Members of US Fish and Wildlife set up ivory that will be crushed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26514 )

Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten taking a last look at a bracelet her father gave his fiance, her mother, before they were married. He brought the bracelet and a figurine held by Azzedine Downes, president and CEO, International Fund for Animal Welfare, from Japan during his service in WWII. They will be crushed as the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA27202 )

Lysander Christo 8, son of photo-documentarians Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson runs along a sign that wxplaines the killing of elephants before the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13314 )

Ivory tusks the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, will be crushed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26550 )

Ivory figures the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, will be crushed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13246 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crush tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA27685 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA27712 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13914 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA27747 )

Actress' Joely Fisher, Kristin Davis and Kristin Bauer van Straten look down the line of speakers before the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13348 )

Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten speaking toreporters before the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26754 )

Jim Nyamu, founder and Director of Elephant Neighbors Center walked to 360 miles from Boston to Washington DC and has walked over 1,500 miles in Kenya to educate communities about the killing of elephants, listens to speakers before the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13416 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Ivory figurines carved from elephant tusks will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA27672 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Volunteer Diane Buell and Wildlife Repository specialist Doni Sprague (far right) dismantle ivory figurines that will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA28261 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Raw, polished and carved tusks will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA28044 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Ivory figurines, raw, polished and carved tusks will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA28516 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Ivory figurines carved from elephant tusks will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA27614 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Volunteer Diane Buell and Wildlife Repository specialist Doni Sprague (far right) dismantle ivory figurines that will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA27906 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Wildlife Repository supervisor Bernadette Atencio shows elephant tusks in the clay figure that was used to smuggle them into the country . They will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA28365 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - September 09: Ivory figurines, raw, polished and carved tusks will be part of an estimated 6 tons of confiscated ivory that will be crushed in November by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at the The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade. September 09, 2013 Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD10IVORY_JA19107 )

Paula Kahumbu, executive director of the Kenya Land Conservation Trust and WildlifeDirect, speaking before the US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26794 )

Ivory figures the US Fish and Wildlife service, at the direction of President Obama, will be crushed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26581 )

COMMERCE CITY, CO. - November 14: US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA13639 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA14138 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA27756 )

US Fish and Wildlife, at the direction of President Obama, crushed tons of ivory at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in effort to stymie the illegal taking of wildlife November 14, 2013 Commerce City, CO. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post) ( CD15IVORYCRUSH_JA26621 )