To make elephants worth more alive than dead, success needs to be rewarded. These sales do not seem to qualify, but others in the future will.

为了使（当地人感到）活着的大象比死去的大象更有价值，保护大象的成功者需要得到回报。这批象牙似乎没有出售的资格，但今后要出售的象牙会符合法律规定的。