大象的馴化 The Train of Elephant

For centuries, elephant has been an indispensable part of Asian culture. Especially in Thailand, elephant once was treated as the sacred symbol, but as time went by, elephant was domesticated in the zoo. Thousands of tourists rode elephants and enjoyed the project, but they did not realize what they did to these poor creatures.

幾個世紀(jì)以來，大象都是亞洲文化中不可或缺的一部分。尤其是在泰國，大象曾經(jīng)被視為神圣的象征，但隨著時間的流逝，動物園里的大象被馴化。成千上萬的游客騎著大象游玩，他們還很喜歡這個項目，卻沒有意識到他們這樣對這些可憐生物的傷害。

A video was shot by a foreign guy, who exposed what the elephants suffered during the training. The small babies were forced to be apart from their mothers. Once the elephants refused to do what the trainers wanted them to do, they would be punished by not getting food or beaten. How cruel it was. The public saw the video and many of them asked the zoo to stop providing the activity of riding elephants.

一位外國小伙子拍攝了一個視頻，他揭露了大象在培訓(xùn)期間的遭遇。小象被迫與母象分開，一旦它們拒絕訓(xùn)練就會受到懲罰，有時候會不給食物吃有時候會被打。這是多么殘忍啊。公眾看到了視頻，有很多人要求動物園停止提供騎大象這個活動。

With more people realize the hurt that elephant gets when they are enjoying riding it, they stop to join this project, which helps to protect the animal. Then the situation changes. Zoos start to give up domesticating elephant, instead, they let tourists feed it. It is a win win situation. Animals enjoy the freedom, while human being can watch them. What a harmonious environment.

隨著更多的人意識到騎大象是在傷害大象，他們就有意不去參與這個活動以助于保護動物。之后情況得到了改變，動物園開始放棄馴練大象，取而代之的是讓游客去喂它們。這是雙贏，動物能享受自由，人類也可以看到它們。多么和諧的環(huán)境啊。