Originally, the acquisition of ivory didn't necessarily entail the wholesale slaughter of elephants. Besides which, the tusks of elephants that have died naturally of old age are especially large. Moreover, where there is life, there is also death in a never-ending cycle. Why hurry the deaths of the elephants?
獲取象牙，原本不一定得大批屠殺活生生的象群，自然老死的大象，象牙長得格外巨大，何況，既有生命，就有死亡，生命不就是互相提供、循環不已？