吳哥窟終于要停止騎大象了

吳哥窟終于要停止騎大象了

After growing campaigns against elephant rides, there’s finally some good news. Cambodia is making a difference by deciding to ban elephant rides at its iconic tourist attraction, Angkor Wat, starting in 2020. The outrage started back in 2016 when news emerged of an elephant who collapsed and died from exhaustion after being mercilessly used as a ‘transportation’ for tourists.

反對騎大象的運動愈演愈烈，終于有了一些好消息。柬埔寨決定從2020年開始禁止在其標志性的旅游景點吳哥窟騎大象，這是一種改變。這種憤怒可以追溯到2016年，當(dāng)時有消息稱一頭大象在被殘忍地用作游客的“交通工具”后，因過度疲勞而倒地而死。

In 2018, after another animal died from exhaustion, in under 48 hours over 14,000 people signed the petition to end this cruel practice.

2018年，在另一只動物死于疲憊之后，在48小時內(nèi)超過14000人簽署了結(jié)束這種殘忍做法的請愿書。

The Angkor Elephant Group Committee has finally put a stop to this animal abuse.

吳哥窟象群委員會終于制止了這種虐待動物的行為。

The committee’s director Oan Kiry told The Phnom Penh Post: “In early 2020, our association plans to end the use of elephants to transport tourists. They can still watch the elephants and take photos of them in our conservation and breeding center. We want the elephants to live in as natural a manner as possible”.

委員會主任Oan Kiry告訴《金邊郵報》:“我們協(xié)會計劃在2020年初停止使用大象運送游客。他們?nèi)匀豢梢栽谖覀兊谋Ｗo和繁殖中心觀看大象并拍照。我們希望大象盡可能自然地生活。”

Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument is visited by 2.5 million international tourists each year. As of now, there are 14 overworked elephants.

吳哥窟是世界上最大的宗教紀念碑，每年有250萬國際游客前來參觀。截至目前，有14頭大象過度勞累。

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