據(jù)《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道，旅英大熊貓“甜甜”和“陽(yáng)光”于2011年12月被租借給英國(guó)愛(ài)丁堡動(dòng)物園，合約期為10年。

《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道截圖

負(fù)責(zé)愛(ài)丁堡動(dòng)物園運(yùn)營(yíng)的蘇格蘭皇家動(dòng)物學(xué)會(huì)首席執(zhí)行官大衛(wèi)·菲爾德(David Field)稱(chēng)，由于動(dòng)物園大部分收入來(lái)自游客，在疫情影響下，愛(ài)丁堡動(dòng)物園關(guān)閉3個(gè)月，造成了巨大的財(cái)政負(fù)擔(dān)。

Field said: "The closure of Edinburgh zoo and Highland Wildlife Park for three months due to Covid-19 has had a huge financial impact on our charity because most of our income comes from our visitors."

2020年，動(dòng)物園累計(jì)損失達(dá)到200萬(wàn)英鎊(約合1775萬(wàn)元人民幣)。盡管已重新開(kāi)放，但對(duì)游客數(shù)量、社交距離的限制將持續(xù)一段時(shí)間，這意味著園方收入將減少。

因此，該機(jī)構(gòu)不得不“認(rèn)真考慮每一項(xiàng)潛在節(jié)約”，包括租賃“甜甜”和“陽(yáng)光”這對(duì)大熊貓的合約，每年將花費(fèi)100萬(wàn)英鎊(約合887萬(wàn)元人民幣)。

"Although our parks are open again, we lost around 2m last year and it seems certain that restrictions, social distancing and limits on our visitor numbers will continue for some time, which will also reduce our income."It costs about 1m a year to lease a mating pair. David Field, the society's chief executive, said the charity would have to "seriously consider every potential saving" including its contract for two giant pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian.

據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司(BBC)報(bào)道稱(chēng)，英國(guó)脫歐無(wú)疑讓動(dòng)物園的運(yùn)營(yíng)更加雪上加霜。

菲爾德表示，脫歐后，動(dòng)物學(xué)會(huì)無(wú)法再向歐盟申請(qǐng)各專(zhuān)項(xiàng)資金用于動(dòng)物保護(hù)。

由于我們不再是歐盟的一部分，我們的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)也不再有資格從歐盟各項(xiàng)目中申請(qǐng)經(jīng)費(fèi)，而這些資金對(duì)于我們進(jìn)行野生動(dòng)植物保護(hù)以及保護(hù)野生動(dòng)物免于滅絕至關(guān)重要。"As we are no longer part of the European Union, our charity is no longer eligible to apply for funding from programmes like EU Life, which have proven critical for our wildlife conservation work and wider efforts to protect animals from extinction."

不過(guò)他認(rèn)為：“現(xiàn)階段說(shuō)結(jié)果怎樣還為時(shí)過(guò)早。未來(lái)幾個(gè)月，我們將與中國(guó)同事討論下一步行動(dòng)。”

Field added: "At this stage, it is too soon to say what the outcome will be. We will be discussing next steps with our colleagues in China over the coming months."

菲爾德表示，在過(guò)去9年，“陽(yáng)光”和“甜甜”給游客留下了深刻印象，幫助數(shù)百萬(wàn)人與大自然親密接觸，激發(fā)了他們對(duì)野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)的興趣。“我希望它們能在這里多待幾年，這當(dāng)然是我目前的目標(biāo)。”

"Yang Guang and Tian Tian have made a tremendous impression on our visitors over the last nine years, helping millions of people connect to nature and inspiring them to take an interest in wildlife conservation.""I would love for them to be able to stay for a few more years with us and that is certainly my current aim."

陽(yáng)光

甜甜

網(wǎng)友“化身”老母親，期盼熊貓寶寶回家：

事實(shí)上，不僅是英國(guó)愛(ài)丁堡動(dòng)物園，2020年11月底，加拿大卡爾加里動(dòng)物園也曾因?yàn)闊o(wú)法提供充足的竹子，將大熊貓送回中國(guó)。

新冠疫情暴發(fā)后，國(guó)際運(yùn)輸業(yè)受到影響，園方難以獲得鮮嫩足量的竹子，“二順”和“大毛”兩只旅加大熊貓不得不提前回國(guó)。

旅加大熊貓“二順”

關(guān)鍵詞： 英國(guó)考慮 將大熊貓 送回中國(guó)