为什么山羊要飞到喀斯喀特山脉?

为什么山羊要飞到喀斯喀特山脉?

For the second year in a row, officials are flying mountain goats in Olympic National Park to the Cascade Mountains.

官员们连续第二年将奥林匹克国家公园的山羊空运到喀斯喀特山脉。

The uncommon sight of blindfolded goats flying through the sky on the helicopter is explained in the National Park Service video.

美国国家公园管理局在一段视频中解释了这一罕见的景象:蒙住眼睛的山羊在直升机上飞过天空。

The effort by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service and Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife is intended to move the goats from remote areas of the park, where humans introduced them in the 1920s and where they have a negative effect on the ecosystem. They are transported to the Cascade Mountains, their native habitat and where their numbers have been dwindling.

美国国家公园管理局、美国林业局和华盛顿州鱼类和野生动物管理局的这项努力，旨在将山羊从公园的偏远地区转移出来。上世纪20年代，人类将山羊引入了该地区，山羊对那里的生态系统产生了负面影响。它们被运到喀斯喀特山脉，在那里它们的数量正在减少。

To get them there, specialists safely sedate the animals, blindfold them, cover their horns and send them on their way via helicopter.

为了把它们送到那里，专家们给它们注射镇静剂，蒙住它们的眼睛，盖上它们的角，然后用直升机把它们送到目的地。

A team of veterinarians also examine the goats and give them tracking collars before setting them free in the mountains.

一组兽医也对山羊进行了检查，并给它们戴上追踪项圈，然后把它们放归山林。

Mountain goats fly into their new home via helicopter. (Photo: Snapshot from video/National Park Service)

Last year, 115 of the known 725 mountain goats were moved from the park to the Cascades.

去年，已知的725只山羊中有115只从公园被转移到了喀斯喀特。

The two-week relocation period is organized by state and federal agencies, along with American Indian tribes. They work with Leading Edge Aviation to safely move the goats.

为期两周的搬迁期由州和联邦机构以及印第安部落组织与前沿航空公司合作，安全转移山羊。

"Mountain goat relocation will allow these animals to reoccupy historical range areas in the Cascades," said Jesse Plumage, a U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist, in a news release.

美国林业局野生动物生物学家杰西·普拉格在一份新闻稿中说:“山羊的重新安置将使这些动物能够重新占据喀斯喀特山脉的历史放牧区。”