The most effective way to stop the killing of elephants is to ban the ivory trade. All other options keep ivory in the marketplace and thereby encourage demand for ivory and its products.
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Pagel, M., Mace, R. Keeping the ivory trade banned. Nature 351, 265–266 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/351265a0
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