世界最老大熊貓在香港去世享年38歲

The death of Jia Jia, whose age in human terms was more than 100 years, was announced by the Hong Kong theme park where she lived.

死亡大熊貓名叫“佳佳”，日前佳佳所在的香港主題公園宣佈了它的死訊，換算成人類的年齡的話，佳佳已經超過了100歲。

Her condition had worsened rapidly in recent weeks and she had lost her appetite, the park said.

據園方表示，近幾周佳佳的身體狀況迅速惡化，也沒有胃口吃東西。

She was put down by vets at Ocean Park, her home since 1999.

佳佳自從1999年以來就一直住在香港海洋公園，園方的獸醫對它執行了安樂死。

"She was a member of our family and she will be deeply missed... she has served as an important animal ambassador for her species," the park said in a statement.

園方在一份聲明中表示說：“佳佳是我們大家庭的一份子，我們將深切緬懷它。長久以來，佳佳都是大熊貓物種的一位重要動物大使。”

The park said that in the last two weeks, Jia Jia’s daily food intake had dropped from over 10kg to less than 3kg per day, and she had lost weight.

據園方表示，近兩週來佳佳每天的進食量已經從原來的10多公斤減少到了不足3公斤，體重也明顯下降。

"Over the past few days, she has been spending less time awake and showing no interest in food or fluids.

“在過去的這些天裏，佳佳醒着的時間更少了，對吃吃喝喝沒啥興趣。”

"Her condition became worse this morning. Jia Jia was not able to walk about without difficulties and spent the day laying down."

“今天早上它的情況變得更糟了。佳佳沒有辦法無障礙地行走，一整天幾乎都是躺在地上。”

Vets took the decision to put the giant panda down to prevent suffering, the park said.

園方表示，爲了使佳佳免遭痛苦，獸醫們決定對它執行安樂死。

In a statement obtained by BBC Chinese, a Hong Kong government spokesman thanked the park for providing Jia Jia with care and support and added that it was "saddened" by the news.

在BBC中國分社獲得的一份聲明中，香港政府一名發言人對園方向佳佳所提供的關懷和照顧表示感謝，並且表示說佳佳的死訊讓他們“悲痛異常”。

The park in Hong Kong held a high-profile celebration for Jia Jia’s 37th birthday at her enclosure in July 2015.

2015年7月，香港海洋公園爲佳佳37歲生日舉行了一場盛大的慶祝活動。

Born in 1978 in the wild in Sichuan, China, Jia Jia was given to Hong Kong in 1999 to mark the semi-autonomous city’s handover by Britain two years earlier.

1978年，佳佳出生於四川野外。後來1999年，中國政府將佳佳贈與香港，紀念迴歸兩週年。

Pandas normally live to around 20 years of age in the wild, and 25 in captivity.

野生大熊貓通常能活20歲，而圈養大熊貓一般可以活25歲。