This is our, I should said was, Cecil the lion. Beautiful animal.

這是我們的，或因該說曾經是我們的， 獅子西塞爾。很美的動物。

Thirteen years old. He'd been wearing a GPS collar as a part of an Oxford University research project.

十三歲。牠是英國牛津大學的研究對象所以有掛GPS追蹤頸圈。

They've been tracking him for years and during that time

牛津大學已經跟蹤牠許多年了。在那段時間

Cecil became like a local favorite amongst the tourists. The guy who's always around.

西塞爾變成旅客最喜歡的動物。永遠都在我們身邊。

People love to see him on the safari

人們喜愛在野生動物園裡看到牠

until early this month when a tourist on a hunting trip shot him for sport

直到這個月有一位遊客在狩獵之旅殺了它，當作是一種運動

and of course everyone is angry and upset.

大家當然憤怒和失望。

Last night I read this story.

昨天晚上我看到這個故事。

I happened upon the story that the news report said they suspected it was a Spaniard who did it, who shot the animal.

我剛好看到一篇新聞報告說他們懷疑是一位西班牙人做的事

and I have to admit when I saw it I was so relieved that it wasn't an American

我承認當我看到不是美國人做的時候就鬆了一口氣

I really was. I was like it's terrible but thank god it wasn't one of us for once

真的鬆一口氣。這是很可惡的事 但感謝上帝就這一次不是我們美國人做的

and then I went online this morning and learned that it turns out it was an American. It was one of us.

今天早上上網時發現原來還是美國人做的。真的是我們。

It was a dentist from Minnesota who paid fifty thousands dollar to shoot the lion.

是一位來自明尼蘇達州的牙醫，他付了五萬美金打獵。

According to the news, he hired a company. He flew to Zimbabwe.

根據新聞報告，他雇用一家公司。 飛到辛巴威。

Two locals took him to the national park.

兩位本地人帶他去國家公園。

They tied a dead animal to the back of the jeep to lure the lion out of the park

他們把動物死屍綁在吉普車後面已將獅子誘出禁獵保護區。

because it is illegal to shoot them in the park.

因為在公園裡射殺是違法的。

They called it baiting

他們把這叫做誘騙

And once they got the lion out of the park, they put a spotlight on him and then the dentist shot with a bow and arrow

當他們把獅子誘出公園後，他們就拿探照燈照著牠，然後牙醫再拿弓箭射牠

but the arrow didn't kill the lion so they tracked him and forty hours later shot him with a gun

但箭並沒殺死牠，所以他們持續追蹤牠。40小時後發現牠後再用槍射殺牠。

and then skinned him and took the head and left the body there.

牠被剝皮斬首。然後身體被留在那。

Now, unfortunately for them.

現在 對他們不幸的是

The researchers at Oxford who are tracking Cecil were able to trace the signal and find the carcass

在追蹤西塞爾的牛津研究者們有能力根據信號來找到牠的屍體

and the local authorities

本地當局

found the hunters who they said they realized too late that they shot an animal with GPS

找到了獵人。獵人說他們後來才發現射殺的動物有掛追蹤頸圈

they tried to destroy the tracking collar but failed to do that so

他們想要毀損追蹤頸圈，但並未成功，所以

umm they know it was the American hunter

厄 他們知道是美國獵人

who's name is Walt Palmer is currently in hiding in his closest dental office in Bloomington, Minnesota

他的名字是瓦爾特·帕爾瑪。目前他躲在所在離明尼蘇達州, 布盧明頓最近的牙科診所裡

and he emailed the statement to the news saying

他發布聲明給新聞表示：

“I had no idea that the lion I took was a known local favorite until the end of the hunt.”

“我不知道我獵殺的是一隻受當地人喜愛的知名動物直到打獵結束後“

But first of all, stop saying you took the animal.

但首先 別再說你帶走了動物

You take aspirin. You killed the lion. You didn't take it.

你吃了阿斯匹林。 你殺了獅子。你不是用帶走的。

and he said "to my knowledge everything about this trip was legal and properly handled

他表示： “在我的認知內，此次行程裡所有的行為都是在合法的情況下進行完成的

I relied on the expertise of my local profressional guides to ensure a legal hunt."

我雇用當地嚮導就是想藉由他們的專業 ，確保狩獵是沒有違法。

which is ok. That's say we accept at face value that he thought it was legal and properly handled

這個說法可以。就算我們能夠接受他原本所為是在合法的情況下進行完成的

and didn't know the lion had a tracking collar or local affair.

而且也並且不知道獅子有戴項圈

the big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place

最大的疑問是到低為什麼要射殺獅子?

I mean I am honestly curious to know why a human being would feel compelled to do that

我真的很好奇為甚麼人類會想要做這件事

how was that fun?

這到底哪裏有趣?

is it that difficult for you to get an erection that you need to kill things

有這麼困難到需要你殺東西來使自己勃起嗎?

that are stronger than...you know...

殺比你還強壯的...你懂的...　

if that, if that's the case

如果是這種情況的話

they have a pill for that. It works great.

他們有藥可以治的。而且很有效。

just stay at home and swallow it and you safe yourself a lifetime of being the most hated man in the America

就待在家裡吞下藥丸你就可以滅除自己成為這輩子在美國最被憎恨，並且

who never advertised jello pudding on television.

在電視上沒有拍過布丁的廣告的人。（之前拍布丁廣告的老明星因強姦眾多少女被所有人憎恨）

and by the way

順便提一下

I'm not

我不是

I'm not against hunting if you're hunting to eat or to keep the animal population healthy

如果你是為了吃或保存動物種群的健康而打獵我不會反對狩獵

or it's part of your culture or something, that's one thing.

或者狩獵是你文化的一部分，那是一回事

but if you're some a-hole dentist one who wants a lion head over the fireplace in his man cave

但是如果你是一位想把獅子頭擺在洞穴的壁爐上

so his douchebag buddies can gather around it and drink starch and tell him how awesome he is

所以惡棍朋友可以窩在一起喝澱粉然後跟他說他有多棒的爛牙醫

that's just vomitous. That's..

這真是太噁心了

and this guy must have quite a collection of animal heads because

這個傢伙一定有收集很多動物的屍體頭因為

ah well there he is posing next to a bear he shot

阿 這是他跟他狩獵的一頭黑熊擺姿勢的照片

in 2000 he was convicted of a felony for lying about where he killed the bear in Wisconsin

在2000年他曾經在威斯康辛州非法狩獵一頭黑熊，

he got a year of probation for that

最後被判緩刑一年

This is another lion he killed in 2008

這是他在2008年殺死的獅子

umm this is a leopard.

厄 這是一頭豹

ah this is a rhino

阿 這是一隻犀牛

he killed like half of noah's ark

他早就殺了在諾亞方舟上一半的動物

and

以及

I don't get. I also don't think the answers to start a witch hunt for the guy.

我不明白。但我不覺得你應該逼迫他而得到答案

some people online are saying we should skin him and feed him to the lions

線上的觀眾說我們應該被剝了他的皮然後餵獅子

or which...it's..you know...it's crazy but...

或者是 ... 你知道 ... 是瘋狂的但...

it should be handled in an lawful way

應該要合法的處理

and the man who took him by the jeep should be made accountable too

而且用吉普車載他的男人也應該受到懲罰

but in the mean time

但在此期間

I think it's important to have some good come out of this disgusting tragedy.

我覺得在不幸中應該發生一點好事

so this is the website for the wildlife conservation research unit at Oxford

所以提供牛津動物保育研究組的網站

wildcru.org

wildcru.org

these are the researchers who put the collar on Cecil in the first place

當時就是這些研究者把頸圈掛在西塞爾的

they track the animal and study them. If you want to do something

他們追蹤這些動物來研究牠們 如果你想做些甚麼

if you want to make this into a positive..you could um sorry..i'm ehhh...ok..i'm good..

如果想要讓事情往好的方向走....可以...厄不好意思...厄...好了

ehhh make a donation. Support them. At the very least

厄捐款。支援。至少

eh.. maybe, maybe we can show the world that not all Americans are like this jackhole here.

厄...或許我們可以讓全世界知道不是所有美國人都跟這個混帳一樣

This dentist. The top dentist.

這位牙醫。最好的牙醫。