阿根廷小海豚被熱情遊客玩死在沙灘上
A young dolphin has died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy and stroked by a crowd of sunbathers who then abandoned it on the sand.
阿根廷日前發生一起悲劇，一條小海豚在被當地遊客像舉獎盃一樣巡遊展示並撫摸之後，疑似因脫水死亡。之後還被遊客直接丟棄在沙灘！The group of people huddled around the mammal taking selfies after it was found on the Argentine beach resort of Santa Teresita in the north-eastern Buenos Aires Province.
事發地點是在阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯省東北部的聖特雷西塔海濱度假勝地。當有人發現一條小海豚後，衆人便紛紛上前簇擁與它合影。The La Plata dolphin - also known as the Franciscana dolphin can live to be twenty years old.
這條小海豚是拉普拉塔海豚海豚 ，也被稱爲Franciscana海豚，一般能活到20歲。
The last tragic images show the body, abandoned on the sand, as people continue to take pictures.
最後的幾張照片上是那條小海豚的屍體，就這樣被遺棄在沙灘上，而還有人陸續上前合照。
The episode has caused the Wildlife Foundation in Argentina to emit a public reminder about the vulnerable species, which only present off the coast of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
這一事件引發了阿根廷野生動物基金會的關注。該基金會對公衆發出警告稱，這一物種只出現在阿根廷、烏拉圭和巴西海岸，是容易受到傷害的物種，請公衆自覺保護。'The Franciscana, like other species, cannot remain for much time outside of the water, it has thick fatty skin which gives it heat and means that taking it out of the water rapidly causes it to dehydrate and die', they said.
該基金會表示：“Franciscana海豚，和其他海豚物種一樣，不能長時間的脫離海水，它的皮膚上有一層厚厚的脂肪以提供熱量，因此一旦脫離海水，它就會迅速脫水死亡”。'This occasion serves to inform the public about the urgent necessity to return these dolphins to the sea as soon as possible if they find them on the shore. It is fundamental that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscana counts now', they finished.
阿根廷野生動物基金會最後說道：“這次的事件提醒我們，如果在岸上發現這種海豚，請儘快將他們送回大海。我們幫助營救這些動物是最基本的要求，因爲這些Franciscana海豚目前已經屈指可數了。”However, the Franciscana is of particular conservation concern because of its restricted distribution and vulnerability to incidental capture in fishing gear. There are only around 30,000 examples thought to be left in the world.
Franciscana海豚因其侷限性的地域分佈及偶然捕獲的脆弱性，是需要特別保護和關注的品種，目前全世界僅剩將近3萬條。
