痛心：稀有的白色长颈鹿死于猎枪之下
They were among the rarest giraffes to walk the planet, and now they are gone.
它们本来是世界上最稀有罕见的长颈鹿，如今却已经不在了。
The remains of two stunning white giraffes that lived at a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary were found in a skeletal state, rangers at the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy said on Tuesday.
两只罕见的居住在肯尼亚野生动物保护区的白色长颈鹿的遗体近日被发现，已经腐烂见骨，伊莎克比尼·海罗拉保育局的巡警周二时称。
The mother giraffe and her calf were killed by poachers, they said.
他们说，母长颈鹿和她的幼崽都被盗猎者杀害了。
The Kenya Wildlife Service was called to the reserve after it was reported the giraffes hadn't been seen in quite a while.
据报道，这种长颈鹿已经很久没有人见过了，随后肯尼亚野生动物局接到电话来到了保育区。
Upon finding the bones, wildlife officials estimated they had been there for at least four months.
发现遗骨后，野生动物局官员估算遗体已经在那里有四个月了。
"This is a very sad day for the community of Ijara and Kenya as a whole. We are the only community in the world who are custodians of the white giraffes," said Mohammed Ahmednoor, manager of the reserve in Garissa County, Kenya, in a news release.
"无论对拉纳保护区还是整个肯尼亚来说都是悲伤的一天。世界上只有我们这个地区才有白色长颈鹿，"穆罕默德·阿莫德诺在新闻发布会上说道，他是肯尼亚加里萨郡保育所的主管。
They described the killing as "a blow to tremendous steps taken by the community to conserve rare and unique species," as well as "a wake-up call for continued support to conservation efforts."
他们认为这次盗猎行为是“对社区保育珍惜而独特的物种的巨大打击”，同时“提醒大家要继续支持保育事业。”
Just one white giraffe, a bull, remains.
目前只剩下一只白色的长颈鹿了，是一只雄性。
The Kenya Wildlife Service is investigating the incident.
肯尼亚野生动物局正对此次事件进行调查。
The female white giraffe first made headlines when she was discovered, alongside her calf, in 2017.
这次死去的这只雌性长颈鹿在2017年别首次发现时就登上了新闻头条。
A second calf followed, and the family of three lived a free-ranging life within the confines of the sanctuary, where they generated a lot of interest from tourists around the world.
在产下第二头小长颈鹿后，它们一家三口在保护区过着自由游荡的生活，并吸引了世界各地游客的目光。
The animals got their unique coloring from a condition known as leucism, which is a genetic condition that causes the giraffes' skin cells to fail to produce pigmentation.
这几头长颈鹿之所以呈现独特的颜色是因为一种称为白化突变的遗传情形，它会导致长颈鹿的皮肤细胞无法产生色素。
That results in white, pale or patchy coloration of their hide.
而这就导致了它们的皮肤呈现白色，变化或者块状的白斑。
Unlike albinism, animals with leucism continue to produce a dark pigment in their soft tissue, meaning the giraffes' eyes were dark.
与白化病不同，白化突变动物的软组织中继续产生一种黑色色素，这意味着长颈鹿的眼睛是黑色的。
The world's tallest land animal has lost 40% of its population in just 30 years from poaching and wildlife trafficking, the African Wildlife Foundation estimates.
据非洲野生动物基金会估计，由于偷猎和野生动物走私，这种世界上最高的陆地动物在短短30年里减少了40%的数量。
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