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Baby elephant zoo trade banned 野生幼象禁止被賣給動(dòng)物園

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Which countries voted against the ban to sell wild baby elephants to zoos?

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They are the most majestic of animals. But the African elephant is an endangered species. There are, by some estimates, only a few hundred thousand of them left in the wild. So, from now on it will be prohibited to sell baby elephants to zoos around the world. About time too, according to leading conservation groups.

它們是最強(qiáng)壯的動(dòng)物。但是非洲大象是一種瀕臨滅絕的物種。據(jù)估計(jì)，現(xiàn)僅剩下幾十萬(wàn)頭野生大象。因此，從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始，一項(xiàng)禁令禁止向世界各地的動(dòng)物園出售幼象。據(jù)相關(guān)的主要保護(hù)組織稱，也是時(shí)候了。

Will Travers, President, Born Free Foundation
If you imagine what happens when a young elephant is taken away from its family in the wild, shipped to a foreign country to live in an alien environment for the rest of its life - I think most people now agree that that's inappropriate.

威爾·特拉弗斯         Born Free Foundation 負(fù)責(zé)人
“如果你想象一下，一頭野生幼象被帶離它的家庭，被送到一個(gè)陌生的國(guó)家，在一個(gè)陌生的環(huán)境中度過(guò)余生，這會(huì)發(fā)生什么？我想現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都認(rèn)為這是不合適的?！?

Most, but not everyone. Zimbabwe, the world's biggest exporter, voted against the move, as did the United States. The European Union only came on board late in the day, after reassurances elephants will be allowed to move from one zoo to another.

大多數(shù)人，但不是所有人。津巴布韋，世界上最大的大象出口國(guó)投票反對(duì)此禁令，美國(guó)也投了反對(duì)票。歐盟在投票當(dāng)天晚些時(shí)候才決定支持此禁令，讓他們改變主意的原因是此禁令保證允許已經(jīng)在動(dòng)物園中的大象在動(dòng)物園間轉(zhuǎn)移。

Audrey Delsink, Humane Society International
This definitely is a win... the checks to try and keep elephants in Africa where they belong is still there. We are disappointed that there was a compromise, which may provide loopholes, and we need to just be vigilant about that.

奧德麗·德?tīng)栃量?nbsp;        國(guó)際人道對(duì)待動(dòng)物協(xié)會(huì)
“這絕對(duì)是一場(chǎng)勝利……試圖將大象留在它們家園里的各項(xiàng)檢查仍被保留。我們對(duì)所達(dá)成的妥協(xié)感到失望，這可能會(huì)帶來(lái)漏洞，我們需要對(duì)此保持警惕?！?

The sale of some baby elephants will be allowed under exceptional circumstances and only with international approval. So, not a complete ban. But this has been described as a significant victory in the fight to save the African elephant.

出售幼象，在特殊情況下，只有在獲得相關(guān)國(guó)際批準(zhǔn)后才會(huì)被允許。所以，這不是一個(gè)全面的禁令。但這被視作拯救非洲大象斗爭(zhēng)中的一個(gè)重大勝利。

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prohibited 禁止

compromise 妥協(xié)

loopholes （法律或協(xié)議的）漏洞，空子

exceptional circumstances 特殊情況

significant victory 重大勝利

問(wèn)題答案       

Zimbabwe and the United States voted against the ban.