"Although Taiwan may have the strictest regulations, some see it as just window dressing," says Vincent Chen, program officer for Traffic Taipei. Laws passed under international pressure are seen as temporary responses to external stimuli, but Taiwan in fact does not well understand the real situation and the elephant ivory market.
「制度最嚴格的台灣，卻被認為只是變形蟲」，台北野生物貿易調查委員會計畫主任陳楊文表示，過去台灣對大象實際情況與象牙市場並未深入瞭解；在國際壓力下制訂出的法令，也被視為遭外界刺激一下、才肯動一下。