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危在旦夕的犀牛

2009年10月22日

亚洲犀角贸易的市场需求与复杂程度都与日俱增，导致南非盗猎行径的日渐猖獗。大卫•史密斯对此进行了报道。同时，乔纳森•沃茨也撰文说，商人们正在像囤积黄金一样囤积犀角。

Rhinos in peril

October 22, 2009

Trade in horn to Asia has grown in demand and sophistication, creating a surge in poaching in South Africa, reports David Smith. And, writes Jonathan Watts, dealers are hoarding horn like gold.

老虎养殖反对论

2009年10月21日

无论中国的传统文化还是现代的科学思想都十分尊重老虎在自然保护中的地位。因此，诗人露丝•帕德尔认为对这些“大猫”的圈养将有损中国在国外的声誉。

Against tiger farming

October 21, 2009

Ancient Chinese tradition and modern scientific thinking both respect the tiger’s role in protecting wild nature. Farming the big cat, writes poet Ruth Padel, ruins China's reputation abroad.

豢养大猫

2009年10月20日

老虎养殖的拥趸认为，老虎器官买卖的合法化能够起到有效抑制盗猎行为的作用。但是，一份最新的报告却对这些观点提出了质疑，并且认为其经济论证存在严重缺陷。简•麦克贾克报道。

Herding big cats

October 20, 2009

Tiger farming advocates say that legally selling body parts of the big cat could thwart the poachers. But a new report puts these claims to the test – and finds dangerous flaws in the economic arguments. Jan McGirk reports.

世界银行对老虎养殖发出警告

据世界银行表示，老虎养殖试验带来过高的危险，并存在进一步把野生老虎推向灭绝的可能。一位名叫凯沙夫·瓦玛的世银官员向濒危野生动植物物种国际贸易公约常设委员会说：“动物绝种是不可挽回的。因此，考虑到谨慎的态度和预防的措施，我们认为老虎养殖合法化所带来的危机是世界不能承受的一场大赌博。”

World Bank warns on tiger farming

Experimenting with tiger farming is too risky and could drive wild tigers further toward extinction, according to the World Bank. “Extinction is irreversible, so prudence and precaution suggest that the risks of legalised farming are too great a gamble for the world to take,” a bank official, Keshav Varma, told the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) standing committee.

偷猎者正使犀牛走向灭绝

据全球自然保护团体称，偷猎者为了寻求供传统医学使用的犀牛角，正推动亚洲和非洲一度繁荣的犀牛种群走向灭亡。路透社援引该组织的说法报道，对濒危动物的非法猎杀越来越多。以亚洲为主的犯罪团伙为满足市场对犀牛角的需求，大量增加屠杀活动，这导致犀牛死亡率达到15年来的最高水平。

Poachers pushing rhinos to extinction

Poachers seeking horn for traditional medicines are driving once-thriving rhinoceros populations in Asia and Africa toward extinction, according to global nature-protection groups. Illegal slaughter of the endangered animals was accelerating, Reuters quoted the organisations as saying, with rhino death rates reaching a 15-year high amid increased activities by Asian-based criminal gangs feeding the demand for horn.

遗传图谱有助追踪象牙走私

据《观察家报》报道，科学家利用非洲大象的遗传图谱，准确定位因全球象牙走私活动而捕杀大象的地区。这些科学家表示，最近非法所得的象牙大部分皆来自坦桑尼亚与莫桑比克边境的两个保护区，这显示一小撮的垄断组织是进行大部分象牙走私活动的元凶。

DNA map helps track ivory smugglers

Using a genetic map of African elephants, scientists have pinpointed the areas where smugglers are killing elephants to supply the global ivory trade, the Observer reported. The discovery that most recently seized tusks came from animals in two reserves on the Tanzania and Mozambique borders suggests that a handful of cartels are responsible for most of the illegal trade, the scientists said.