世界上最後一頭雄性北方白犀牛死亡

The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction.

日前，世界上最後一頭雄性北方白犀牛死亡，只留下兩頭雌性，環保人士希望能夠從滅絕的邊緣拯救該物種。

Sudan, the "gentle giant" who lived in the Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya, was put down after the pain from a degenerative illness became too great.

住在肯尼亞奧佩傑塔保護區的這位名叫蘇丹的“溫和巨人”，因退行性疾病引起的疼痛變得非常嚴重而被迫安樂死。

To try to preserve the species, genetic material was collected from Sudan before he was euthanised.

爲了保護這些物種，蘇丹的遺傳物質在其安樂死前被收集。

Staff at the park hope that, through "advanced cellular technologies" and IVF, his death will not signal the end of the species.

該公園的工作人員希望通過“先進的細胞技術”和體外人工受精，使蘇丹的死亡不會成爲該物種結束的標誌。

The northern white rhino has been all but destroyed by uncontrolled hunting in the colonial era and, more recently, poaching for their horns.

北方白犀牛在殖民地時期遭到不受控制的狩獵，而近年來則是因其犀牛角被盜獵。

Sudan survived the species' near-extinction in the 1970s and was taken to a zoo in the Czech Republic.

20世紀70年代，蘇丹在物種近乎滅絕的邊緣倖存了下來，並被帶到了捷克的一家動物園。

He was eventually moved back to Africa and, according to those who worked in the Ol Pejeta conservancy, "stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength".

最終，它被送回非洲，根據那些在奧佩傑塔保護區工作的人介紹，“它以它的尊嚴和力量偷走了許多人的心”。

"We on Ol Pejeta are all saddened by Sudan's death," said Richard Vigne, Ol Pejeta's chief executive. "He was a great ambassador for his species."

奧佩傑塔首席執行官理查德·瓦因表示：“我們奧佩傑塔保護區都爲蘇丹的死感到悲傷，它是北方白犀牛這一物種的偉大形象大使。”