《中英對照讀新聞》Wild elephants suffering in Indonesia's Sumatra : WWF
WWF稱印尼蘇門答臘的野象受苦

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Ten endangered wild elephants are being kept chained to trees without enough food or water on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the WWF global conservation group said.

印尼蘇門答臘島上有10隻瀕臨絕種的野象，被人用鎖鍊拴在樹旁，沒有足夠的食物和水，全球保育團體「世界野生基金會」（WWF）說。

The Sumatra elephants were caught by authorities in Riau province after they raided crops and a village earlier this month. They were made homeless due to the destruction of forests, WWF said in a press release.

這些蘇門答臘大象是在本月稍早侵擾農作物與一間村莊後，被廖內省當局擒獲。牠們因為森林被毀而無家可歸，WWF在新聞稿中表示。

"These 10 elephants are the latest casualties in the escalating human-elephant conflict in central Sumatra, the direct result of uncontrolled destruction of their forest habitat," said Nazir Foead of WWF Indonesia.

「這10隻大象是蘇門答臘中部人象衝突升高的最新受害者，也是牠們的森林棲息地橫遭摧毀後的直接後果，」印尼WWF的納濟爾．佛伊德說。

"Elephants need room to live in Riau, which means ending problematic pulp and oil palm development," he said in the statement.

「大象需要空間才能在廖內省生存，這意味著要停止大有問題的紙漿與油棕業開發，」他在聲明中說。

The 10 elephants belong to a herd of up to 51 roaming in Riau's Bengkalis district. The nearby Libo forest is rapidly being converted into oil palm and pulp wood plantations, WWF said.

這10隻大象屬於活動於廖內省望加麗區一個總數達51隻的象群。附近的麗波森林正迅速地被開發成棕油與紙漿樹的種植區，WWF說。

新聞辭典

endangered：形容詞，瀕臨絕種危險的。例句：World Wildlife Fund has worked to protect endangered species through conservation programs.（世界野生基金會透過保育計畫，致力保護瀕臨絕種的物種。）

escalate：動詞，上升、升高。例句：If we surrender on this small issue, they will escalate their demands.（如果我們在這個小問題上讓步，他們就會得寸進尺提出更多要求。）

convert：動詞，指轉變、轉換。例句：The govermnet troops converted defeat into victory yesterday.（政府軍昨天反敗為勝。）