津巴布韦2个月来的严重干旱已造成105头大象死亡

津巴布韦2个月来的严重干旱已造成105头大象死亡

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.

由于饥饿和口渴，这头大象虚弱无力，它挣扎着去到非洲野生动物保护区的一个水池。但这只雄伟的哺乳动物却被困在了太阳炙烤下的水坑周围的泥里，由于严重的干旱，水坑急剧缩小。

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.

最终，公园工作人员解救了这头被困的大象，但它还是倒下死了。几码(米)远的地方躺着一头水牛的尸体，这头水牛也是从泥里拖出来的，但遭到了饥饿的狮子的攻击。

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、斑马、河马、黑斑羚、水牛和许多其他野生动物都因津巴布韦玛纳池国家公园缺乏食物和水而备受压力。玛纳池国家公园的名字就来源于赞比西河在每个雨季泛滥时通常会淹没的四池水，而野生动物通常会在这四池水里饮水。“mana”这个词在Shona的语言中是四的意思。

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.

据津巴布韦国家公园和野生动物管理局称，在津巴布韦的野生动物保护区至少有105头大象死亡，其中大部分在马纳和更大的万基国家公园。许多走投无路的动物从津巴布韦的公园跑到附近的社区寻找食物和水。

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.

玛纳池是联合国教科文组织的世界遗产，因为它坐落在赞比西河沿岸，每年这个时候都会经历炎热干燥的天气。但由于去年雨水不足，今年的情况更糟。甚至河水的流量也减少了。