This is Arturo, a polar bear living in South America who has been called the ‘world’s saddest animal’。

這只生活在南美洲的北極熊名叫Arturo，它被人們稱為“世界上最悲傷的動(dòng)物”。

He sits in a concrete enclosure at Mendoza Zoo in Argentina in temperatures of up to 40C (104F) and is said to have been depressed since his long-term friend Pelusa died two years ago。

它居住在阿根廷門(mén)多薩動(dòng)物園里，館內(nèi)溫度高達(dá)40攝氏度。據(jù)稱，自從它一直以來(lái)的好友Pelusa兩年前去世后，就一直很抑郁。

It is claimed the 29-year-old’s lonely life is causing him to display abnormal behaviour, including tilting his head and showing his teeth while pacing back and forth and rocking from side to side。

29年的孤單生活讓它出現(xiàn)了一些反常的行為，包括搖頭晃腦，露出自己的牙齒，前后不斷踱來(lái)踱去，或是左右晃來(lái)晃去。

US singer Cher, 68, said on Twitter: ‘Don’t cry for him, Argentina? No tears of Mrs Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for tortured polar bear Arturo. Your hands are stained with his blood when he dies.’

68歲的美國(guó)歌手雪兒在推特上說(shuō)：“別為它哭泣，阿根廷?你們沒(méi)有為這只受盡折磨的北極熊Arturo哭泣。當(dāng)它死亡時(shí)，你們的雙手將沾滿它的鮮血。”

Animal rights activists now want Arturo - whose only access to cooling water in his enclosure is said to be a pool just 20in (50cm) deep - moved to another zoo that offers cooler conditions。

動(dòng)物權(quán)益保護(hù)者現(xiàn)在希望可以將Arturo轉(zhuǎn)移到另一個(gè)環(huán)境更涼快的動(dòng)物園里�，F(xiàn)在Arturo唯一的降暑方式就是在一個(gè)只有50厘米深的池塘里游泳。

Mendoza Zoo blocked an effort five months ago to move Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Canada - where a new International Polar Bear Conservation Centre is located, reported the Sunday People。

據(jù)《周日人民報(bào)》報(bào)道，門(mén)多薩動(dòng)物園5個(gè)月前曾拒絕將Arturo轉(zhuǎn)移至加拿大溫尼伯的阿西尼玻公園動(dòng)物園，該公園動(dòng)物園內(nèi)新建了一個(gè)國(guó)際北極熊保護(hù)中心。

The zoo did not believe the bear would survive the two-day trip, with director Gustavo Pronotto saying the medical board had made a decision - and officials were keen to ‘avoid a big mistake’。

門(mén)多薩動(dòng)物園認(rèn)為Arturo忍受不了2天的旅程，且動(dòng)物園主任古斯塔沃·波諾托表示醫(yī)委會(huì)已經(jīng)做出了決定，官方力求“避免出現(xiàn)重大失誤”。

Greenpeace had gathered 160,000 signatures in a campaign to transfer Arturo urgently to Canada, which it said has weather that more closely resembles what occurs in his natural habitat。

綠色和平組織在一次活動(dòng)中收集了16萬(wàn)份簽名，呼吁立即將Arturo轉(zhuǎn)移到加拿大，他們表示那里的氣候更接近北極熊原本居住的自然環(huán)境。

Argentinian professor Fernanda Arentsen, who teaches at Université de Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg, has written to her government and the Canadian Embassy in Buenos Aires over the issue。

在溫尼伯圣邦尼菲斯大學(xué)學(xué)院任教的阿根廷教授費(fèi)爾南達(dá)·阿倫特森已向政府和加拿大駐布宜諾斯艾利斯大使館寫(xiě)信反映該問(wèn)題。

‘He looks so sad. He looks in pain. You can imagine a polar bear in the desert with a swimming pool 50cm deep. It’s difficult to watch this poor animal suffering and in pain.’

“它看上去很傷心，很痛苦。你可以想象得出，一只生活在沙漠中的北極熊只有一個(gè)50厘米深的游泳池，它這么受苦，我真的看不下去了。”