泰国城市着手解决猴子问题
📖 逐句对照翻译
People will no longer have to fight with monkeys in the historic Thai city of Lopburi.
在历史悠久的泰国城市华富里，人们将不再需要与猴子争斗。
That is because of new efforts to keep the animals from reproducing and to limit their movements.
这是因为采取了新的措施来防止这些动物繁殖并限制它们的活动。
Monkey City
猴子城
Before public health measures to control COVID-19 closed businesses in Lopburi, about 3,000 long-tailed macaques lived there.
在控制COVID-19的公共卫生措施导致华富里府的企业关闭之前，那里生活着大约3000只长尾猕猴。
The people of the city fed them and even had a yearly party for them.
城里的人们供养它们，甚至每年为它们举办一次聚会。
Tourists came to the city north of Bangkok to see the macaques in what was known as "Monkey City."
游客们来到曼谷以北的这座城市，参观被称为“猴子城”的猕猴。
The macaques are believed to bring good luck.
人们认为猕猴能带来好运。
They live in the nearby forests and have long been a part of the city's history.
它们生活在附近的森林里，长期以来一直是这座城市历史的一部分。
But after Lopburi came out of the pandemic lockdown in the middle of 2022, people found that the monkeys had become unruly without people feeding them.
但在2022年中期华富里走出疫情封锁之后，人们发现，在没有人类喂食的情况下，猴子们变得难以管束。
Groups of macaques had taken over buildings.
成群的猕猴占据了建筑物。
They stole food and caused accidents by walking in the streets.
它们偷食物，还在街上行走引发事故。
Groups of the monkeys also fought each other, shocking local people.
成群的猴子还互相打斗，令当地人震惊。
Some of the townspeople put up cages around their homes to keep the monkeys out.
一些镇民在房子周围架起笼子，把猴子挡在外面。
Stealing food
偷食物
Wisarut Somngam is a local researcher with the non-governmental organization, Ecoexist Society.
Wisarut Somngam 是一家非政府组织“生态存在协会”的当地研究员。
He said the monkeys would steal from people by taking any container they thought might contain food.
他说，猴子会偷人们的东西，拿走任何它们认为可能装有食物的容器。
People began to carry slingshots, a small weapon that shoots stones, to protect against the monkeys.
人们开始携带弹弓——一种发射石头的小型武器——来防御猴子。
Earlier this year, officials began their efforts to catch the macaques.
今年早些时候，官员们开始努力捕捉这些猕猴。
By May, they were increasing the effort to prevent the monkeys from reproducing that began during the pandemic.
到5月，他们加大了疫情期间开始的阻止猴子繁殖的力度。
"Our goal is to neuter all the monkeys, 100 percent of them," said local veterinarian Patarapol Maneeorn from the government wildlife department in September.
“我们的目标是阉割所有猴子，百分之百，”当地兽医、来自政府野生动物部门的帕塔拉波尔·马尼恩在九月份表示。
The monkeys would then be put into an area where they will be looked after, he said.
他说，这些猴子随后会被安置到一个有人照看的地方。
Capture of monkeys
捕获猴子
Now, the situation in the city seems to be under control, as the officials have captured 1,600 of the monkeys.
现在，城市里的情况似乎已得到控制，因为官员们已经捕获了1600只猴子。
Some animal rights groups agree the monkeys should be neutered, but they do not want them to be kept in captivity.
一些动物权利组织同意应该对这些猴子进行绝育，但他们不希望它们被圈养起来。
Edwin Wiek is founder of Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand.
埃德温·维克是泰国野生动物之友基金会的创始人。
He said, “The monkeys are suffering because currently they're in a cage that is not designed for them.”
他说：“猴子们正在受苦，因为目前它们被关在一个并非为它们设计的笼子里。”
Wiek pressed the government to increase funding for the government wildlife department to train people in animal care and treatment.
维克敦促政府增加对政府野生动物部门的拨款，以培训动物护理和治疗方面的人员。
The people of Lopburi are happy that the streets are safe again.
华富里府的居民很高兴街道又安全了。
Clock maker Chalit Nithiwkram said, "Things have become a little easier because most of the monkeys were captured. Life is easier."
钟表匠查利特·尼提瓦克兰表示：“由于大部分猴子已被捕获，情况变得稍微容易了一些。生活轻松多了。”
He said his business is improving because people are no longer afraid to park near his shop.
他说他的生意正在好转，因为人们不再害怕把车停在他的店附近了。
For others, the monkeys are important to Lopburi.
对其他人来说，猴子对华富里很重要。
Supaporn Reanprayoorn operates a store near a temple where monkeys often gathered.
苏帕蓬·雷安帕约恩在寺庙附近经营一家商店，那里常有猴子聚集。
"Monkeys are part of Lopburi's identity," she said.
她说：“猴子是华富里特色的一部分。”
She sometimes gave them a little food.
她有时会给他们一点食物。
"Let tourists take pictures with them - just a hundred or two," she joked.
“让游客和他们合影——就收个一两百，”她开玩笑说。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Artorn Pookasook reported this story for Reuters.
阿顿·普卡苏克为路透社报道了此事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
