津巴布韋2個月來的嚴重干旱已造成105頭大象死亡

津巴布韋2個月來的嚴重干旱已造成105頭大象死亡

Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk due to a severe drought.

由于饑餓和口渴，這頭大象虛弱無力，它掙扎著去到非洲野生動物保護區(qū)的一個水池。但這只雄偉的哺乳動物卻被困在了太陽炙烤下的水坑周圍的泥里，由于嚴重的干旱，水坑急劇縮小。

Eventually park staff freed the trapped elephant, but it collapsed and died. Just yards (meters) away lay the carcass of a Cape buffalo that had also been pulled from the mud, but was attacked by hungry lions.

最終，公園工作人員解救了這頭被困的大象，但它還是倒下死了。幾碼(米)遠的地方躺著一頭水牛的尸體，這頭水牛也是從泥里拖出來的，但遭到了饑餓的獅子的攻擊。

Elephants, zebras, hippos, impalas, buffaloes and many other wildlife are stressed by lack of food and water in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park, whose very name comes from the four pools of water normally filled by the flooding Zambezi River each rainy season and where wildlife traditionally drink. The word “mana” means four in the Shona language.

大象、斑馬、河馬、黑斑羚、水牛和許多其他野生動物都因津巴布韋瑪納池國家公園缺乏食物和水而備受壓力?，敿{池國家公園的名字就來源于贊比西河在每個雨季泛濫時通常會淹沒的四池水，而野生動物通常會在這四池水里飲水。“mana”這個詞在Shona的語言中是四的意思。

At least 105 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s wildlife reserves, most of them in Mana and the larger Hwange National Park in the past two months, according to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Many desperate animals are straying from Zimbabwe’s parks into nearby communities in search of food and water.

據(jù)津巴布韋國家公園和野生動物管理局稱，在津巴布韋的野生動物保護區(qū)至少有105頭大象死亡，其中大部分在馬納和更大的萬基國家公園。許多走投無路的動物從津巴布韋的公園跑到附近的社區(qū)尋找食物和水。

Mana Pools, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its splendid setting along the Zambezi River, annually experiences hot, dry weather at this time of year. But this year it’s far worse as a result of poor rains last year. Even the river’s flow has reduced.

瑪納池是聯(lián)合國教科文組織的世界遺產，因為它坐落在贊比西河沿岸，每年這個時候都會經(jīng)歷炎熱干燥的天氣。但由于去年雨水不足，今年的情況更糟。甚至河水的流量也減少了。