Athens Kopis

[Robert Vermaat]

When ivory is confiscated, no one comes up and says, "Hey, let's make something nice out of this anyway, so at least the elephants didn't die for nothing." No one says that because it would hypocritical, not to say morally wrong.

I'm starting to sound like Cato the Elder.

Well actually, and this is why I included it in the example, there has been a decade-long debate going on about the use of conficated Ivory. Back in 1986 already Kenya began burning the stash in a big heap in front of journalists. And despite the lack of funds for the rangers who are undermotorized and underarmed, the burning pyre in front of journalists seems to be preferable to the authorities in the countries involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_ivory
The destruction of the loot notwithstanding, killing the animals has by no means ceased.

There are worse things than sounding like Cato the Elder.