可愛的“溫柔”熊——耶帕尼在北卡羅來納動物園去世

可愛的“溫柔”熊——耶帕尼在北卡羅來納動物園去世

A grizzly bear that went from stealing coolers and backpacks at Yellowstone to spending 25 years at the North Carolina Zoo has been euthanized by workers there, officials announced Wednesday.

美國有關(guān)官員于本周三宣布，美國黃石公園的一只大灰熊被工作人員實施了安樂死。

Yepani, known in his final years for his “gentle and patient personality,” lived well past the life expectancy for a bear in the wild — but suffered “clinical symptoms of intervertebral disk disease.”

耶帕尼，在他生命的最后幾年以他的“溫和和耐心的個性”而聞名，活得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了野生熊的預(yù)期壽命，但卻遭受了“椎間盤疾病的臨床癥狀”。

Male grizzlies in the wild live about 10 years.

野生雄性灰熊的壽命約為10年。

The backpack bandit arrived in North Carolina in November 1994 by way of Woodland Park Zoo in Oregon.

這名背包強(qiáng)盜于1994年11月經(jīng)由俄勒岡州的伍德蘭公園動物園抵達(dá)北卡羅來納州。

His 650-pound bear buddy Tommo — who also loved to give tourists grief at Yellowstone National Park — joined him in North Carolina a few months later.

幾個月后，他650磅重的熊友托莫在北卡羅來納州加入了他的行列，托莫也喜歡在黃石國家公園給游客帶來悲傷。

“Yepani was smaller than Tommo but was definitely mightier,” said Alexis Rowe, one of his zookeepers. “Because of his smaller size, the staff gave him nicknames including ‘Little Bear,’ ‘Teacup Bear’ and ‘Rollie Pollie.’”

“耶帕尼比托莫小，但絕對更強(qiáng)大，”他的動物園管理員亞歷克西斯·羅說。“由于他體型較小，工作人員給他起了外號，包括‘小熊’、‘茶杯熊’和‘羅莉·波利’。”

Leaving his life of crime behind, Yepani’s favorite pastimes at the zoo included rolling around in fresh mulch.

離開了野外可能犯罪的生活，耶帕尼在動物園最喜歡的消遣包括在新鮮的地膜里打滾。

Millions of people have visited Yepani, who was the North Carolina Zoo’s first grizzly bear.

數(shù)百萬人參觀過耶帕尼，他是北卡羅來納動物園的第一只灰熊。

“Yepani was a wonderful, and important, ambassador for the plight of bears in the wild and will not be forgotten,” said Pat Simmons, director of the zoo. “I count myself privileged to have been part of his life, and I of his, for the last 25 years.”

動物園負(fù)責(zé)人帕特·西蒙斯說：“耶帕尼是一位出色、重要的野生熊困境大使，我們不會忘記他。”“在過去的25年里，我認(rèn)為自己是他生活的一部分，他也是我的一部分。”

There are currently only an estimated 55,000 wild grizzly bears in North America, most of which live in Alaska, according to the release. Only 1,500 grizzlies inhabit the lower 48 states of the US.

據(jù)發(fā)布的消息，目前北美大約只有55000只野生灰熊，其中大部分生活在阿拉斯加。只有1500只灰熊居住在美國的48個州。