An Asiatic black bear, which endured severe trauma in a zoo in war-afflicted Ukraine, is set to be adopted by a zoo in Scotland. In October 2022, according to posts on a Ukrainian rescue center’s social media, Ukrainian soldiers entered the abandoned zoo in the village of Yampil, Donetsk, and found that almost all of the 200 animals at the zoo had died. A 12-year-old bear was one of the few left alive. He, too, was badly injured — he had been concussed when a shell had exploded near his cage and was just days away from dying, according to a statement released by the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Now, Yampil — named after the village where he was found — will get a new start in life as he is set to be adopted by the Scottish zoo, after a rescue operation that has so far taken him across the European continent from Ukraine to Poland to Belgium. He will head to his new home, 32 kilometers west of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, early next year. War in Ukraine has displaced and killed animals as well as people, as refugees have been forced to leave behind their pets while fleeing, and it has become near impossible to care for animals in zoos. “War and conflict…is a horrible thing and it’s very traumatic for people. It’s often forgotten that it’s traumatic for animals as well,” said Romain Pizzi, Five Sisters’ head veterinarian. “There are many species like the Asiatic black bear who are really intelligent,” he added. Animals, like people, can suffer long-term consequences from trauma, and require specialist care. On Monday, Pizzi and the zoo’s head carnivore keeper, Gary Curran, visited Yampil at the Natuurhulpcentrum wildlife-rescue charity in northeastern Belgium, where he is getting the chance to “de-stress” and being monitored for any health problems. “We want to make sure that what we build for him as a sanctuary enclosure in Scotland is going to meet his specific needs, depending on what trauma he’s gone through and what maladaptive behaviors he may have developed in that time,” Pizzi said. The zoo said in a statement that it will require an investment of around ￡200,000 (US$249,000) for Yampil’s new enclosure, and it is inviting people to donate to help it reach this total. Yampil is a “gentle bear,” Pizzi has observed so far, adding that the staff at the zoo are hopeful that they can give him a good life in Scotland, where he can become “a happy, normal bear.” The zoo has rescued bears and other animals in the past but mostly from circuses and roadside restaurants.(SD-Agencies) Words to Learn 相關詞匯 【難民】nànmín refugee a person who flees to a foreign country to escape danger or persecution 【圈】juàn enclosure an area surrounded by fences or walls 一只動物園里的亞洲黑熊在飽受戰爭蹂躪的烏克蘭遭受了嚴重創傷，即將被蘇格蘭一家動物園收養。 烏克蘭救助中心在社交媒體上發帖說，去年10月，烏克蘭士兵進入位于頓涅茨克揚皮爾村的廢棄動物園，發現園里 200只動物幾乎全部死亡。 一只12歲的熊是為數不多的幸存者之一。蘇格蘭五姐妹動物園發表聲明說，這只熊也受了重傷 —— 一枚炮彈在籠子附近爆炸造成它腦震蕩，差點兒死去。 這只熊叫揚皮爾，以它故鄉的村子命名，它將被蘇格蘭動物園收養開始新生活。此前的救援行動帶著它跨越了歐洲大陸，從烏克蘭到波蘭再到比利時。 它將于明年初前往位于蘇格蘭首府愛丁堡以西32公里處的新家。 烏克蘭戰爭不僅使人流離失所，也讓動物喪命，難民們在逃難時被迫留下寵物，動物園里的動物幾乎無法得到照料。 五姐妹動物園的首席獸醫羅曼?皮齊說：“戰爭和沖突......是一件可怕的事情，給人們造成了極大的創傷。人們常常忘記，戰爭也給動物留下創傷。” 他補充說：“很多物種，比如亞洲黑熊，真的很聰明。” “動物和人一樣，也會因創傷造成長期傷害，需要專業護理。”本周一，皮齊和動物園的首席肉食動物飼養員加里?柯倫前往比利時東北部的野生動物救助慈善機構“自然中心”探望了揚皮爾。 皮齊說：“我們希望確保在蘇格蘭為它建造的庇護所能夠滿足它的特殊需求，根據它經歷的創傷以及表現出的不適應行為為它量身定制。” 動物園在一份聲明中說，建造揚皮爾的新家需要大約20萬英鎊（24.9萬美元）的投入，因此呼吁人們捐款，希望他們能幫助動物園籌集到足夠資金。 經過一段時間的觀察，皮齊說揚皮爾是一只“溫順的熊”。他補充說，動物園的工作人員希望能蘇格蘭的新家帶給它美好的生活，讓它成為“一只快樂、正常的熊”。 動物園過去曾救助過熊和其他動物，但大多是從馬戲團和路邊餐館救出來的。 (Translated by Debra) | 