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Kenya began its biggest rhino relocation project earlier this month.
本月早些时候，肯尼亚启动了其最大的犀牛搬家项目。
Workers began the difficult work of moving 21 of the endangered animals to a new home.
工作人员开始了艰难的工作，将21头濒危犀牛转移到新家。
They each weigh around one metric ton.
每头犀牛重约一公吨。
A previous attempt at moving rhinos in the East African nation was a disaster in 2018.
这个东非国家于2018年进行的一次迁移犀牛的尝试是一场灾难。
All 11 of the animals died.
11头犀牛全部死亡。
The latest project experienced early troubles.
最新的项目早期遭遇了困难。
A rhino targeted for moving was successfully hit with a tranquilizer shot from a helicopter but ended up in a creek.
一头计划被迁移的犀牛被直升机发射的镇静剂成功击中，但最终却栽倒进小溪里。
Veterinarians and park rangers held the rhino's head above water with a rope to save it while a tranquilizer reversal drug took effect.
兽医和公园管理员用绳子将犀牛的头保持在水面上，以避免它被淹死，同时解除镇静剂的药效。
It was then released.
然后它被释放了。
Wildlife officials have said that the difficult project will take time, likely weeks.
野生动物官员表示，这个艰巨的项目需要时间，可能需要数周时间。
The black rhinos are a mix of males and females.
公黑犀牛和母黑犀牛混合在一起。
They are being moved from three conservation parks to the private Loisaba Conservancy in central Kenya, the Kenya Wildlife Service said.
肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示，它们正被从三个保护区转移到肯尼亚中部的路易萨巴私人保护区。
They are being moved because there are too many in the three parks.
因为三个保护区里的犀牛数量太多，所以它们正在被迁移。
They need more space to roam and, hopefully, to breed.
它们需要更多的空间漫步，并希望有更多的空间来繁衍后代。
Rhinos generally spend time alone and are at their happiest in large territories.
犀牛通常喜欢独处，在大片领地里生活得最快乐。
Kenya has had some success in saving its black rhino population.
肯尼亚在拯救黑犀牛方面取得了一些成功。
In the mid-1980s the rhino population fell below 300 because of poaching, raising fears that the animals might go extinct in a country famous for its wildlife.
20世纪80年代中期，由于偷猎，犀牛的数量降至300头以下，这引发了人们对犀牛可能会在这个以野生动物闻名的国家灭绝的担忧。
Kenya now has nearly 1,000 black rhinos, says the wildlife service.
肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示，肯尼亚目前有近1000头黑犀牛。
That is the third biggest black rhino population in the world behind South Africa and Namibia.
这是世界上第三大黑犀牛种群，仅次于南非和纳米比亚。
There are just 6,487 wild rhinos left in the world, says rhino conservation group Save The Rhino.
犀牛保护组织“拯救犀牛”表示，世界上只剩下6487头野生犀牛。
All live in Africa.
它们都生活在非洲。
Kenyan officials say they have relocated more than 150 rhinos in the last 10 years or so.
肯尼亚官员表示，在过去10年左右的时间里，他们已经重新安置了150多头犀牛。
Six years ago, Kenya moved 11 rhinos from the capital, Nairobi, to another sanctuary in the south of the country.
六年前，肯尼亚将11头犀牛从首都内罗毕迁移到该国南部的另一个保护区。
All died soon after arriving at the sanctuary.
所有11头犀牛在到达保护区后不久都死了。
Ten of them died from stress, lack of water and starvation, which was worsened by salt poisoning as they struggled with saltier water in their new home, investigations found.
调查发现，其中10头犀牛死于压力、缺水和饥饿，而它们在新家与更咸的水作斗争的同时，盐中毒加剧了这种情况。
The other rhino was attacked by a lion.
剩余一头犀牛被狮子袭击了。
Some of the 21 rhinos in the latest relocation are from Nairobi National Park.
最近一次被迁移的21头犀牛中，有一些来自内罗毕国家公园。
They will make a 300-kilometer trip in the back of a truck to Loisaba.
它们将乘坐卡车前往路易萨巴保护区，行程300公里。
Others will come from parks closer to Loisaba.
其他犀牛来自离路易萨巴保护区更近的保护区。
Loisaba was once home to a healthy black rhino population before they were wiped out in that area 50 years ago, said Loisaba Conservancy CEO Tom Silvester.
路易萨巴保护区首席执行官汤姆·西尔维斯特说，在50年前黑犀牛在该地区灭绝之前，路易萨巴保护区曾经是一个健康的黑犀牛栖息地。
Kenyan wildlife officials say the country is aiming to grow its black rhino population to about 2,000.
肯尼亚野生动物官员表示，该国的目标是将黑犀牛的数量增加到2000头左右。
They believe 2,000 would be the best number considering the space available for them in national and private parks.
考虑到国家保护区和私人保护区的空间，他们认为2000头是最佳数量。
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