[新聞] 過於友善加拿大雄鹿被槍殺

本帖最後由 vandas 於 2013-9-23 01:21 PM 編輯

太親近遊人惹禍上身？加拿大雄鹿被槍殺

近日，加拿大一只雄鹿與一名野營男孩親近的照片在網路上爆紅，但這只會撒嬌的雄鹿隨後被槍殺，原因是當地動物保護專家認為這只鹿已被馴化，變得過於喜歡親近人，可能會造成問題。

據《在線郵報》報導，一頭友善的雄鹿被網路『放倒』了，有人拍到了一段影片，影片中的這只鹿向一個男孩撒嬌討要食物，結果被射殺，原因是被認為『過於友善』。影片中的男孩名叫邁爾斯，影片是由他的母親拍攝的，事情發生在今年夏季。當時他們全家在野外露營。邁爾斯在影片中一直在大笑，並試圖推開鹿角，而鹿則一直在撒嬌一樣的用脖子和後背蹭男孩的頭部，表現的十分友善和親暱。

據悉，邁爾斯並非唯一與鹿親密接觸的人，許多到附近野營的人都看到過友善的雄鹿，或者和它一樣喜歡人類的鹿。這頭鹿被槍殺後，動物保護組織的馬倫·凱西對當地電視台採訪記者說：『這些鹿已被馴化，他們很習慣人類的存在，這意味著它們遲早會成問題。』『它們仍是野生動物，如果它們踩踏或者壓在孩子身上，或者用角撞人，那就可能造成嚴重的傷害。』

當地居民認為，這樣的結局非常沒有必要而且殘忍。一名當地居民接受電視台採訪時說：『它是一只漂亮、友善的動物。為什麼不能找到更好的處理辦法。』

而影片中男孩的母親則表示那只鹿和他們都非常親暱，甚至他們離開湖回家的路上它還尾隨了他們一段。不過她也表示，這段影片被放到網上後，有人說：『小心了，不會弄疼孩子了吧？』因為影片中鹿角一度頂在她兒子的肩膀上。8月1日上傳以後，這段影片的點擊量達到了50萬次。

有專家看過影片後認為，那只鹿是正在試圖換角，或者是試圖用頭頂的腺體把男孩劃為它的『領地』。

Tame deer famed for nuzzling teenage boy is shot dead by conservationists for becoming TOO FRIENDLY

Video of deer brushing up against boy in Canada went viral this summer
Wildlife experts said its familiarity with humans meant it posed a danger

A friendly deer that become an internet hit  after being filmed nuzzling up to a boy in Canada has been shot dead for being  too friendly.
A video of the amorous animal - filmed on a  camera phone by the boy's mother in Kalamalka Lake, Vernon - went viral this  summer. As the teenager, Miles Higgins laughed and tried to push away the deer's  antlers, the animal continued to rub its head over his neck and back.

The young man on the video wasn't the only  one to receive attention from the animal, which was affectionate with lots of  Vernon residents.

However, the creature has been put down as  wildlife officials claimed that because it was tame, it posed a danger to  humans. Marnie Cuthill from Wildsafe BC  told CTV  News: ‘They become habituated and  that means they become very used to humans and that means that they generally  become a problem.

Up close: The deer rubs its head on Miles as he sunbathes in Vernon

影片中雄鹿一直用頭和脖子在男孩頭上蹭來蹭去

Precaution: Wildlife expert Marnie Cuthill said the deer could have caused serious damage

'They’re still wild animals. All it had to do  was catch a child under the arm or caught in a backpack, or bumped up against  someone. It could have done some serious damage.’
One local resident complained that the  solution was unnecessarily cruel.

The unnamed man told CTV News: ‘It was a  beautiful, friendly animal. It would have been nice if they’d explored some  other options.’

Ms Higgins told Global  News the deer was so enamored  with her son that it even followed them when they left the lake.

On the video she posted on YouTube,  Ms Higgins can be heard saying: 'Careful, it's not hurting is it?' as the deer's  antlers catch her son's shoulder.

The cute video has been viewed more than  500,000 times since going online on August 1.

It is thought the deer was trying to shed the  velvet from its antlers or was marking Miles as its territory, using the gland  on its forehead.

Wild encounter: Animal experts think the deer was marking Miles as its territory

Too close for comfort: The deer's antlers knock into the  teenager as it tries to nuzzle him

Since the video of Miles getting up close to  the deer was released, Vernon conservation officers had issued a warning about  the risks of getting close to wild animals.

Marnie Cuthill previously told SunFM the video showed that the deer was too close humans

She said: 'It can be dangerous and especially  that one that, it looks like it's been conditioned to humans and to seek out  human food.'
Visitors to the lake had also reported a male  deer being aggressive to picnickers who refuse to share their food.