According to 96 Elephants (which gets its name from the approximately 96 elephants that are poached every day), there were roughly 1.2 million African elephants in 1980. After the illegal ivory trade “heyday” during the 1980s, the population declined to nearly 420,000 in 2012.
Look at the picture you posted. An innocent creature being killed for fun. It is evil. I am sure God judges it as evil.