点评:What an experience to be had on your birthday . Such an amazing visit and the length of the visit must have been two to three hours . And I think the admission fee was about £40 per person. But it was well worth the money to go towards the upkeep of these majestic animals . All the elephants here are rescued from different places one was rescued from a circus and although she has been at the sanctuary ten years she still rocks backwards and forwards like she’s dancing because she was trained to do it in the circus. It’s not encouraged t o clap when she does it as her keepers would rather she didn’t , this is her time to live out her days just being an elephant. When the elephants are rescued they are paid for not given free .
We got to feed them fruit and made rice balls which were there favourite. The elephants stop eating the fruit after a while as they want to save room for rice balls .
After we had done that we could shower the elephants and rub them down with a brush . It was like a dream come true to give back to the beautiful animals. And if I have the time before I go home I’d like to do it all over again.
翻译:在生日那天能有这样的体验真是太棒了。这次参观令人惊叹不已,持续时间大概有两到三个小时。我觉得门票价格是每人40英镑左右。不过,为了这些雄壮可爱的动物的养护出一份力,花这笔钱绝对物有所值。这里的所有大象都是从不同地方救回来的,其中有一头是从马戏团中救出的。尽管它已经在保护区生活了十年,但仍然会像跳舞一样前后摇摆,因为它在马戏团时就被训练做这个动作。当它这样做时,不建议观众鼓掌,因为饲养员们希望它不要这样。现在正是它作为一头大象来安度余生的时刻。这些大象被救回后,保护区都会支付相应费用,并非免费收养。我们给它们喂水果,还做了它们最喜欢的饭团。过了一会儿,大象们就不再吃水果了,因为它们想把肚子留着装饭团。
做完这些后,我们可以给大象们洗澡,还用刷子帮它们梳理毛发。能够为这些美丽的动物做点事情,真像是美梦成真一般。要是回家前还有时间,我一定还想再体验一次。