Why can't the ivory trade be completely banned?

In fact, international and domestic ivory trade has long been completely banned!

What cannot be banned now is African countries. In African countries, ivory trade is open. Although the local government has laws, it is just a dead letter and nobody cares. As long as you pay tens or hundreds of dollars when you go through the customs, you can pass the customs safely.

There is also a large-scale smuggling of ivory, with a large amount of ivory entrained in imported goods, most of which are transshipped through Japan and Hong Kong.

Besides, this is the traditional value of China people. It can be said that most of Africa's ivory was sold to China. As long as the concept of China people does not change, the ivory trade will not disappear!

I once heard a joke that thousands of elephants die in Africa every year in China!