Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ashoka did not completely forbid the killing of animals ; he wanted restraint in the number that had to be killed for consumption , protected some of them , and in general condemned violent acts against animals , such as castration .
Simplified: , he advocated restraint in the number that had to be killed for consumption , protected some of them , and in general condemned violent acts against animals , such as castration .