泰國近親繁殖的老虎，因沒有免疫力而陸續(xù)死亡

More than half of the tigers that Thai authorities confiscated in 2016 from an infamous Tiger Temple tourist attraction have died from a viral disease because their immune systems were weakened by inbreeding, media reports say.

據媒體報道，泰國當局在2016年從一個臭名昭著的老虎廟旅游景點沒收的老虎中，有一半以上死于病毒性疾病，因為它們的免疫系統(tǒng)因近親繁殖而減弱。

The Buddhist temple west of Bangkok was a tourist destination where visitors took selfies with tigers and bottle-fed cubs until authorities removed its nearly 150 tigers in 2016 in response to global pressure over wildlife trafficking.

這座位于曼谷西部的佛教寺廟曾是一個旅游景點，游客們在這里與老虎和用奶瓶喂養(yǎng)的幼崽自拍，直到2016年，為了應對全球對野生動物走私的壓力，當局將其近150只老虎移走。

The confiscated animals were taken to two state-run sanctuaries but it soon became apparent they were susceptible to canine distemper virus, said a senior official from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

國家公園、野生動物和植物保護部門的一位高級官員說，這些被沒收的動物被送往兩個國家保護區(qū)，但很快就發(fā)現它們很容易感染犬瘟熱病毒。

"When we took the tigers in, we noted that they had no immune system due to inbreeding," the department's deputy director-general, Prakit Vongsrivattanakul, told the state-owned broadcaster MCOT on the weekend.

“我們收養(yǎng)老虎時注意到，由于近親繁殖，它們沒有免疫系統(tǒng)。”該部門的副主任普拉基特·馮斯里瓦塔納庫爾(Prakit Vongsrivattanakul)上周末對國有廣播公司MCOT表示。

Prakit did not give a figure for the number of tigers that had died but public service broadcaster Thai PBS reported that the toll was 86 of the 147 rescued animals.

普拉基特沒有給出老虎死亡的具體數字，但泰國公共廣播電臺報道，在147只獲救的老虎中，死亡數量為86只。