揪心！西班牙马戏团卡车翻车大象1死4伤

An elephant died and four more are being treated for injuries after a circus truck accident on a major Spanish highway that provoked an outcry among animal rights defenders.

运行在西班牙主要高速公路上的马戏团卡车发生事故后，一头大象死亡，另有四头受伤，这引起动物权利捍卫者抗议。

The truck overturned on Monday on the highway linking Albacete with Murcia, in the south of the country, after overtaking another long vehicle, said Albacete’s Civil Guard spokesman Jose Amado.

阿尔巴塞特的民防队发言人Jose Amado说，这辆卡车周一在连接阿尔巴塞特和该国南部穆尔西亚的高速公路上翻车。

He said the initial investigation has found that the movement of the five female elephants inside the truck could have destabilized it when the driver maneuvered to switch lanes.

他说，最初的调查发现，当卡车司机切换车道时，卡车内五只雌象的移动可能导致该车失衡。

The driver wasn’t injured, the spokesman said, but one of the elephants died on the spot.

发言人说，司机没有受伤，但其中一只大象当场死亡。

The four surviving elephants are being treated by veterinarians in a public facility before being moved to a clinic in coming days, Amado said. Three of them have minor cuts and one has more serious injuries to her legs.

Amado说，四只幸存的大象目前在公共机构接受兽医治疗，未来几天将被搬到诊所。其中三只轻伤，一只腿部受伤严重。

“With five uNPRedictable animals, each one of them weighing three to four tons, accidents can happen no matter how much care has been taken,” he said.

“载有五个不可预测的动物，每头重达三到四吨，无论多么小心，事故都会发生，”他说。

Photos and videos shared by local police and authorities showed the elephants standing on the road and being lifted onto trucks by huge industrial cranes.

当地警方和当局分享的照片和视频显示，大象站在路上，被巨大的工业起重机吊上卡车。

Animal rights groups said the accident is the latest example of how the nature of the circus business is a danger to the physical and behavioral needs of wild animals.

动物权利组织表示，这起事故是马戏团业务的性质如何危及野生动物身体和行为需求的最新例子。

“These incredible animals are being carted around the country, confined and forced to perform,” said Animal Defenders International President Jan Creamer in an emailed statement, adding that animals are often “confined in small spaces, deprived of physical and social needs, spending excessive amounts of time shut in transporters.”

“这些动物被限制卡车里运输到全国各地，并被迫进行表演，”国际动物维护者机构总裁Jan Creamer在一封电子邮件声明中表示，动物通常被限制在狭小的空间内，被剥夺了身体和社会需求，被关在运输车过长时间。“