While foreign donor organizations asking for donations argue that the ban on international trade in ivory stops poaching, they are wrong, says a report by Traffic. Leaving aside for the moment the economic and legal problems it creates, in purely conservationist terms a ban on ivory sales may actually encourage illegal trading.
「外國的捐錢單位四處演說募款，拯救大象，他們相信象牙禁售可以遏止盜獵，但是他們錯了！」國際野生物交易調查委員會出版的報告指出，拋開經濟、法律等層面不看，就保育而言，禁售象牙的手段可能已助長非法交易。