VOA常速英语:Wildlife Become Casualties of War

These endangered bonobos are protected at the world’s only sanctuary for the great ape species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In the wild, the animals are found only in an area of the country known for its political instability and armed skirmishes in the DRC and other African countries ravaged by war.Princeton University researchers analyzed 65 years of data about more than 250 populations of large herbivores.They found that more than 70% of the elephants,rhinos and other plant eaters were affected by warfare and as the number of conflicts increased their populations declined.
在刚果民主共和国，这些濒临灭绝的倭黑猩猩在世界上唯一的类人猿物种的保护区被保护着。在野外，动物被发现只在刚果的一个全国闻名的政治动荡和武装冲突地区和其他非洲国家受到战争的蹂躏。普林斯顿大学的研究人员分析了65年来有关250多个大型食草动物种群的数据。他们发现，超过70%的大象、犀牛和其他草食动物受到战争的影响，随着冲突数量的增加，它们的数量随之下降。

That happens for a variety of reasons, says Margaret Kinnaird with the Conservation Group Worldwide Fund International who was not involved in the study. You’ve got ordinances, you’ve got chemicals being used, you have weapons out there so they can be direct, that can be directly aimed at wildlife.Soldiers have to live off the land and that means they’re going to be taking bush meat,they also have to fund their warfare and that means they’re going to be going after commercially important animals and commercially important wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn.Maintaining conservation programs and war zones and helping animals survive after a ceasefire could help save many vulnerable wildlife populations, the report says but that’s not easy.
发生这种情况的原因有多种，Margaret Kinnaird与全球国际基金保护组织说，她没有没有参与这项研究。你要根据指令行事，化学药品会被用到，还有使用武器，所以这些行为都是直接针对野生动物的。士兵们离开土地到丛林，这意味着他们将狩猎丛林野生动物，他们也必须为战争提供资金，这意味着他们将追逐有利可图的野生动物和有利可图的野生动物产品，如象牙和犀牛角。维护和平项目和养护，帮助动物在停火后生存，有助于拯救许多脆弱的野生动物种群，据该报道称，但这并不容易。

You have to be prepared and be very ready to go in after the conflict is over,get in there as soon as you can and begin mitigation activities is really critical.
你必须做好准备，在冲突结束后做好准备，尽快到达那里展开减灾活动是非常关键的。

Despite the gloomy picture there is some hope that in post-war the animal populations can rebound.In Mozambique Gorongosa National Park, for example, nearly all the wildlife disappeared during the country’s 14-year long civil war.Since fighting ended in 1992 the herds have recovered to 80% of pre-war levels.
尽管前景黯淡，但战后动物数量能反弹是仍有希望的。比如说，在莫桑比克戈龙戈萨国家公园，该国长达14年的内战期间几乎所有的野生动物都消失了。但在1992年战斗结束后，牛群已恢复到战前水平的80%。

Deborah Block, VOA News.
美国之音新闻，Deborah Block报道。