Though there are still about 600,000 African elephants, it has been impossible to stop poaching and smuggling. In many African countries, elephants are killed for their tusks and then left to rot.
非洲象雖還有將近六十萬頭，但象牙走私一直未能有效遏止，非洲大陸上許多大象遭獵殺、拔除象牙後曝屍荒郊。