Thus, ironically, even as the elephant is a focus of international conservation efforts, research institutions supported by the international community, working with local governments, have begun so-called "resource management" --culling elephant herds.
也因此，大象縱然成為世人矚目的保育動物，諷刺的是，國際支持的研究單位與當地政府，不得不進行所謂的資源經營管理：淘汰多餘的大象。