令人心碎的航拍照片，被肢解的大象

令人心碎的航拍照片，被肢解的大象

A heartbreaking image shows a mutilated elephant dead on the ground after poachers hacked its head in half to get its ivory tusks.

一幅令人心碎的图片显示，偷猎者为了获取象牙，将一头大象的头砍成两半，被肢解的大象倒在地上。

South African photojournalist Justin Sullivan, 28, used a drone to capture the devastation caused by poaching, with the trunk a few feet from the majestic mammal’s head which is believed to have been cut in half with a chainsaw.

28岁的南非摄影记者贾斯汀·沙利文(Justin Sullivan)用一架无人驾驶飞机捕捉偷猎造成的破坏，这只雄伟的哺乳动物的身体离它的头只有几英尺，据了解它的头是用链锯锯成两半的。

Another image from the ground in Botswana shows the carnage in even more gruesome detail.

从博茨瓦纳地面拍摄的另一张图片，显示了这场大屠杀更加可怕的细节。

Sullivan’s aerial shot, “Disconnection,” came to light after it was nominated for the prestigious Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.

沙利文的航拍作品《断线》(Disconnection)在获得著名的安德烈·斯坦宁国际摄影大赛(Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest)提名后曝光。

“This specific elephant was slaughtered in an extremely inhumane manner,” Sullivan said, according to the UK’s Sun newspaper.

据英国《太阳报》报道，沙利文说：“这头大象被残忍地屠杀。”

“The photo represents just how isolated and disconnected not only the elephant was in that moment, but how disconnected we are from the situation.”

“这张照片不仅展现了那头大象当时是多么的孤立无援，也展示了我们是多么的无能为力。”

Enlarge ImagePoaching in northern Botswana is increasing rapidly — with an almost 600-percent rise in the number of carcasses found between 2014 and 2018, according to the photo competition.

博茨瓦纳北部的偷猎活动正在迅速增加，根据摄影比赛的数据，从2014年到2018年，发现的动物尸体数量增加了近600% 。

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi also lifted the country’s ban on elephant hunting in May.

博茨瓦纳总统马西西也在五月解除了该国狩猎大象的禁令。

“People have obviously reacted with mixed feelings of anger and sadness, especially with the recent lift on the hunting ban in Botswana,” Sullivan said, according to The Sun.

据《太阳报》报道，沙利文说:“人们的反应显然是悲愤交织，尤其是最近博茨瓦纳解除了狩猎禁令。”

“This photo has driven some constructive dialogue around how we can promote more sustainable elephant conversation and solve our current ecological crisis.”

“这张照片推动了一些建设性的对话，围绕着我们如何促进更可持续的大象对话，以及如何解决当前的生态危机。”