An investigation has begun into the death of a female elephant which collapsed and died at the roadside while carrying tourists to an ancient Cambodian temple.

柬埔寨一座古庙前，一头母象驮着游客时，忽而轰然倒地猝死路边。现已开始着手调查母象的死因。

Sambo the elephant collapsed of a fatal heart attack afterferrying two tourists - one at a time - to a temple in the famous Angkor Wat complex.

大象名为扇贝，来回分批驼运两名游客后心脏病突发，猝死于著名的吴哥窟群建筑前。

She had been working for 40 minutes in scorching heat that had reached 40 degrees - and a veterinarian concluded that she had died of a heart attack ‘due to high temperatures, heat exhaustion and lack of wind that would have helped to cool her.’

扇贝在40度炙热高温下连续工作了40分钟，兽医说是“由于高温中暑、不通风无法降温而死于心脏病突发”。

Now animal lovers are demanding an investigation as to why the elephant, aged between 40 and 45 years, was forced to continue carrying tourists when the temperatures were so high and there was no wind.

动物爱好者要求调查为何大象年纪都40到45岁了，高温天那么热、又不通风，还要被逼迫驼游客。

Rambo had worked for the Angkor Elephant Company since 2001. But a number of visitors who saw her lying dead at the roadside are reported to have wept.

扇贝自2001年起服务于吴哥大象公司。据悉，很多游客目睹大象倒在路边都潸然泪下。

A petition calling for the end of elephant riding to the famous temples has already gathered more than 10,000 signatures.Elephant Valley Project, designed to protect Cambodia’s elephants, has called for regulated working conditions.

一份要求不再骑着大象去逛庙宇的请愿书已经征集到了超过1万个签名。为保护柬埔寨大象而设计的“象谷工程“现已要求规范大象工作条件。

在外网上这则新闻已经被分享28k，读者纷纷表示惨绝人寰——人类啊，什么时候你才懂得善待这些生灵呢？

human are the most cruel creature

人类真是最残忍的物种了

Daily Mail, can you please include a link to the petition so your readers can sign and share if they want to? These elephant rides need to end!

《每日邮报》啊，能不能给个请愿书链接，这样读者想的话都能签名分享？这些大象乘骑（活动）必须被终止！！！

At least the suffering has ended ! Time for people to boycott these places until they learn to care for their animals !

至少受罪画上了句号！是时候联名抵制这些地方了，直到他们学会关爱动物！