斯里兰卡禁止'酒后骑象'

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a new animal protection law.

斯里兰卡近日出台一部新的动物保护法，不仅要为所有圈养大象发放生物识别身份证，更禁止所有人酒后骑大象。

The new measures are aimed at protecting the animals' welfare and include strict regulations around working elephants, as well as mandating a daily two-and-a-half-hour bath for each creature.

新的动物保护法旨在保护动物福利。新法对为人类工作的大象做出严格规定，每头大象每天洗澡时长需保证不低于2.5小时。

Baby elephants can no longer be used for work -- even cultural pageants -- and cannot be separated from their mothers.

小象不能从事工作，文化性质的活动也不被允许，不得将其与母象分开。

Logging elephants cannot be worked for more than four hours a day, and night work is prohibited.

运送材料的大象每天工作时长不得超过4小时，且禁止其夜间工作。

There are new restrictions on the tourism industry too -- from now on, no more than four people can ride an elephant at once. 旅游业也受到了新的限制，从现在开始，同时骑象者不能超过四人。

Owners must send their animals for a medical check-up every six months.

大象主人必须每半年送大象去做一次体检。

Those who violate the new law will have their elephant taken into state care and could face a three-year prison sentence.

违反规定者或面临3年监禁，大象也将交由国家照管。