In this July 27, 2017 photo, Lt. Jesse Paluch, the supervising investigator for the state Department of Environmental Conservation in New York City, holds a netsuke carving of 3 men and a fish with a price tag of $14,000, in Albany, N.Y. Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants will be crushed Thursday, Aug. 3 in New York City’s Central Park to demonstrate the state’s commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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