Elephant Ecologists might Chase has spent years counting Savannah elephants from the sky.

大象生態學家可能蔡斯花了好幾年的時間，從天空中計算薩凡納大象。

Never before have we ever conducted a standard I survey for African elephants at a continental scale.

以前我們從未在大陸範圍內對非洲象進行過標準I調查。

Um hmm.

一個嗯。

Ally.

愛麗。

Right Start counting.

右邊開始計數。

Nine speed.

九速。

Nice height, Well done.

很好的高度，做得很好。

Semi.

半。

Hundreds of aircrew countered elephants in 18 countries across the continent over two years.

兩年來，數百名空勤人員在非洲大陸18個國家反擊大象。

Elephants seven, seven elephants, right For three hours a day, they flew 10 minute trance sects at a time, flying the distance to the moon and then some.

大象七號，七頭大象，對 每天三個小時，他們一次飛十幾分鐘的恍惚門派，飛到月亮的距離，然後再飛一些。

Their results more shocking than anyone imagined, flying over areas where elephants historically occurred but are no longer present in these habitats, killed for their ivory.

他們的結果比任何人想象的都要震撼，飛過歷史上大象出沒的地區，但在這些棲息地已經不存在了，因為象牙而被殺死。

In seven short years, up to 2014 elefant numbers dropped by a staggering amount almost one third across Africa.

短短7年，到2014年為止，整個非洲的大象數量下降了近三分之一，數量驚人。

Their numbers are crashing.

他們的數字正在崩潰。

If nothing changes, the elephant population will have in less than a decade.

如果不改變，大象的數量將在不到十年的時間裡有。

In some areas, they will go extinct.

在某些地區，它們會滅絕。

It's incredibly disheartening, because I know that historically, these ecosystems supported many thousands of elephants compared to the few hundreds or tens of elephants, some landscapes.

這是令人難以置信的沮喪，因為我知道，在歷史上，這些生態系統支持成千上萬的大象，相比之下，幾百或幾十頭大象，一些景觀。

We saw more dead elephants than live elephants.

我們看到的死象比活象多。

Botswana is one of the last strongholds of elephants.

波扎那是大象的最後據點之一。

But now the poaching wars are on its doorstep.

但現在，偷獵戰已經打到了家門口。

That seems like there's a disturbing uptick in the poaching on the borders off Botswana.

波扎那邊境的偷獵事件似乎有了令人不安的增長。

Andi in Namibia, I don't think anybody in the world has seen the number of dead elephants that of seen over the last two years of the great Elephants census, and for me this becomes a lot more personal.

在那密比亞，我想世界上沒有人見過大象的死亡數量 在過去兩年的大象普查中，對我來說，這變得更加個人化。

It's at home, and, you know, I've often Bean asked, if I'm optimistic or pessimistic about the future of African elephants, and on days like today, I feel that we are failing elephants.

這是在家裡，你知道，我經常憨憨地問，我對非洲大象的未來是樂觀還是悲觀，在今天這樣的日子裡，我覺得我們辜負了大象。

I thought Botswana had long eluded the ivory wars, but all evidence to the contrary, we'll continue to check.

我以為波扎那早就躲過了象牙戰爭，但所有的證據都是相反的，我們會繼續查下去。

Went to To fight the war.

去打仗了

Botswana has mobilized the Army, with more than 700 troops guarding its northern border Patrol spent days in the bush on foot.

波扎那已經動員了軍隊，700多名阿兵哥守衛其北部邊境巡邏隊在叢林中步行了幾天。

They're up against a sophisticated enemy, so they're looking for any sign off poachers if they come across in their often highly organized groups of about 12 people, two of them could be shooters often, and those shooters are frequently foreign special forces.

他們面對的是一個複雜的敵人，所以他們正在尋找任何跡象，如果他們遇到的偷獵者，在他們經常高度組織的12人左右的小組，其中兩個可能是槍手經常，這些槍手經常是外國特種部隊。

Slowly, slowly Mike chases.

慢慢地，慢慢地邁克追。

Research proves that If we can't protect elephants, they will learn to protect themselves so you can hear him.

研究證明，如果我們不能保護大象，它們就會學會保護自己，所以你可以聽到他的聲音。

Snoring isn't here.

打鼾不在這裡。

He is in his crime about 30 to 35 years of age.

他的犯罪年齡大約在30到35歲。

And it's these young bulls that have the propensity to move dramatic distances and met their transboundary conservation corridors.

而正是這些年輕的公牛，具有戲劇性的移動距離的傾向，滿足了他們的跨界保護走廊。

But their satellite tracking shows that the elephants use incredible levels of intelligence to avoid poaching hotspots in neighboring countries, retreating to the relative safety within Botswana, using this technology to save God and protect elephants to find them quickly on respond.

但他們的衛星追蹤顯示，大象利用不可思議的智能水準避開鄰國的偷獵熱點，退到波扎那境內相對安全的地方，利用這種技術拯救上帝和保護大象，迅速找到它們的反應。

It's quite quite incredible being this close to this, it iss It certainly is way called this bull promise for the promise that my chase has made to save this magnificent species.

靠近這裡真是太不可思議了，它當然可以被稱為 "公牛的承諾"，因為我的追尋是為了拯救這個偉大的物種而做出的承諾。