斯里蘭卡禁止'酒后騎象'

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a new animal protection law.

斯里蘭卡近日出臺一部新的動物保護法，不僅要為所有圈養(yǎng)大象發(fā)放生物識別身份證，更禁止所有人酒后騎大象。

The new measures are aimed at protecting the animals' welfare and include strict regulations around working elephants, as well as mandating a daily two-and-a-half-hour bath for each creature.

新的動物保護法旨在保護動物福利。新法對為人類工作的大象做出嚴格規(guī)定，每頭大象每天洗澡時長需保證不低于2.5小時。

Baby elephants can no longer be used for work -- even cultural pageants -- and cannot be separated from their mothers.

小象不能從事工作，文化性質(zhì)的活動也不被允許，不得將其與母象分開。

Logging elephants cannot be worked for more than four hours a day, and night work is prohibited.

運送材料的大象每天工作時長不得超過4小時，且禁止其夜間工作。

There are new restrictions on the tourism industry too -- from now on, no more than four people can ride an elephant at once. 旅游業(yè)也受到了新的限制，從現(xiàn)在開始，同時騎象者不能超過四人。

Owners must send their animals for a medical check-up every six months.

大象主人必須每半年送大象去做一次體檢。

Those who violate the new law will have their elephant taken into state care and could face a three-year prison sentence.

違反規(guī)定者或面臨3年監(jiān)禁，大象也將交由國家照管。