可爱的“温柔”熊——耶帕尼在北卡罗来纳动物园去世

可爱的“温柔”熊——耶帕尼在北卡罗来纳动物园去世

A grizzly bear that went from stealing coolers and backpacks at Yellowstone to spending 25 years at the North Carolina Zoo has been euthanized by workers there, officials announced Wednesday.

美国有关官员于本周三宣布，美国黄石公园的一只大灰熊被工作人员实施了安乐死。

Yepani, known in his final years for his “gentle and patient personality,” lived well past the life expectancy for a bear in the wild — but suffered “clinical symptoms of intervertebral disk disease.”

耶帕尼，在他生命的最后几年以他的“温和和耐心的个性”而闻名，活得远远超过了野生熊的预期寿命，但却遭受了“椎间盘疾病的临床症状”。

Male grizzlies in the wild live about 10 years.

野生雄性灰熊的寿命约为10年。

The backpack bandit arrived in North Carolina in November 1994 by way of Woodland Park Zoo in Oregon.

这名背包强盗于1994年11月经由俄勒冈州的伍德兰公园动物园抵达北卡罗来纳州。

His 650-pound bear buddy Tommo — who also loved to give tourists grief at Yellowstone National Park — joined him in North Carolina a few months later.

几个月后，他650磅重的熊友托莫在北卡罗来纳州加入了他的行列，托莫也喜欢在黄石国家公园给游客带来悲伤。

“Yepani was smaller than Tommo but was definitely mightier,” said Alexis Rowe, one of his zookeepers. “Because of his smaller size, the staff gave him nicknames including ‘Little Bear,’ ‘Teacup Bear’ and ‘Rollie Pollie.’”

“耶帕尼比托莫小，但绝对更强大，”他的动物园管理员亚历克西斯·罗说。“由于他体型较小，工作人员给他起了外号，包括‘小熊’、‘茶杯熊’和‘罗莉·波利’。”

Leaving his life of crime behind, Yepani’s favorite pastimes at the zoo included rolling around in fresh mulch.

离开了野外可能犯罪的生活，耶帕尼在动物园最喜欢的消遣包括在新鲜的地膜里打滚。

Millions of people have visited Yepani, who was the North Carolina Zoo’s first grizzly bear.

数百万人参观过耶帕尼，他是北卡罗来纳动物园的第一只灰熊。

“Yepani was a wonderful, and important, ambassador for the plight of bears in the wild and will not be forgotten,” said Pat Simmons, director of the zoo. “I count myself privileged to have been part of his life, and I of his, for the last 25 years.”

动物园负责人帕特·西蒙斯说：“耶帕尼是一位出色、重要的野生熊困境大使，我们不会忘记他。”“在过去的25年里，我认为自己是他生活的一部分，他也是我的一部分。”

There are currently only an estimated 55,000 wild grizzly bears in North America, most of which live in Alaska, according to the release. Only 1,500 grizzlies inhabit the lower 48 states of the US.

据发布的消息，目前北美大约只有55000只野生灰熊，其中大部分生活在阿拉斯加。只有1500只灰熊居住在美国的48个州。