據報導，肯亞唯一的雌性白色長頸鹿和她的幼崽被偷獵者殺害。
目前全世界僅存一隻白色長頸鹿，為被殺害的雌性長頸鹿的兒子。
Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf are killed by poachers - leaving just ONE in the world
肯亞唯一的雌性白色長頸鹿和她的幼崽被偷獵者殺害——全世界只剩下一隻白色長頸鹿了。
Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else in the world.
據環保主義者周二稱，肯亞唯一的雌性白色長頸鹿和她的幼崽被偷獵者殺害，這是對世界上其他地方罕見的稀有動物的重大打擊。
The bodies of the two giraffes were found 'in a skeletal state after being killed by armed poachers' in Garissa in eastern Kenya, the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy said in a statement.Ishaqbini Hirola
社區保護區在一份聲明中說，這兩隻長頸鹿的屍體「在被武裝偷獵者殺害後只剩下了骨頭」。
Their deaths leave just one remaining white giraffe alive - a lone male, borne by the same slaughtered female, the conservancy said.
保護區表示，這隻雌性白色長頸鹿和它的幼崽的死意味著全世界只剩下一隻白色長頸鹿——一隻孤獨的雄性長頸鹿，它的母親也是這隻被殺害的雌性長頸鹿。
'We are the only community in the world who are custodians of the white giraffe,' said Mohammed Ahmednoor, the manager of the conservancy.
該保護區經理穆罕默德·艾哈邁德諾爾(Mohammed Ahmednoor)表示：「我們是世界上唯一的白長頸鹿監護社區。」
'Its killing is a blow to tremendous steps taken by the community to conserve rare and unique species, and a wakeup call for continued support to conservation efforts.'「
這次殺害這是對社區為保護稀有和獨特物種採取的巨大措施的打擊，同時也喚醒了人們呼籲對保護工作繼續提供支持。」
The white giraffe stirred huge interest in 2017 when she was first spotted on the conservancy and again when she birthed two calves, the latest in August last year.
這隻白色的長頸鹿在2017年首次被人們發現並引起了極大的興趣，當時她又生下了兩隻幼崽，最近一次是在去年8月。
Ahmednoor said their deaths, confirmed by rangers and community members, was a 'sad day' and a major loss for researchers and tourism providers working in the remote corner of Kenya.
艾哈邁德諾爾說，經護林員和社區成員證實，這兩隻長頸鹿的死亡是「悲傷的一天」，對於在肯亞偏遠角落工作的研究人員和旅遊業提供者來說，是一次重大的損失。
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白色長頸鹿
很多患有白化病的動物都會呈現通體白色，眼睛紅色的狀態。但這幾隻長頸鹿像雪花石膏一樣的膚色不是由白化病引起的，而是由白血球病引起的，這意味著它們仍持續地在其軟組織中產生深色色素，使它們的眼睛呈現黑色。