大象是世上最聰明的物種之一,他們跟人類一樣情感豐富,從傷痛到快樂各種情緒通通都有。因此,家庭對他們來說,也非常重要。小象Me-Bai與她的媽媽Mae Yui失散的遭遇,正是這種會讓你痛哭流涕的辛酸故事。
![Photographed here at about a week old, it was only three and a half years later that Me-Bai was taken captive by her kidnappers.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433132.jpg)
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照片中的小象寶寶才一週大,沒想到3年半後,她就被綁架了!被綁架後的幾年,小象失去了自由,更被虐待馴化,利用關牢籠的方法讓她臣服於觀光集團不肖商人的迫害下。
三年多的期間,觀光客付錢乘坐在小象身上,深不知為了拍照體驗之樂,換來的卻是大象無盡的眼淚。
![For more than three years, tourists paid for rides on the young elephant, likely unaware of the mistreatment she suffered for their photo ops.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433140.jpg)
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小象脫離母親後,往往憂鬱到食慾大受影響。最後當小象瘦到人類再也無法壓榨的地步,就會把他釋放到大象自然公園 (Elephant Nature Park) 尋找庇護。
自從小象Me-Bai退出觀光界後,保護人員便開始幫助她恢復元氣,等到健康狀態穩定後,就帶著她走完最後一趟…回家!
![Officially retired from the trekking industry, caretakers began rehabilitating Me-Bai's strength and, when she was well enough, brought her out for one more long hike...](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433136.jpg)
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經過追蹤,工作人員發現她媽媽住在離保護區60多里 (約97公里) 的地方。
![The workers discovered her mother was living only a little over 60 miles away from their facility.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433143.jpg)
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與Mae Yui的主人一番協商後,終於讓這對母女有重聚的機會。
![After negotiations with Mae Yui's owners, they were given permission to finally reunite the mother and daughter.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433139.jpg)
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這段長途跋涉總共花了4天的時間,但最終保育者總算見證了Me-Bai與母親在叢林中相認的那一刻。
![The long journey took Me-Bai and her caretakers four days to reach the jungle where her mother was waiting for her.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433134.jpg)
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起初,母女雙方都不知道會有這麼意想不到的驚喜。
當媽媽與小孩兩眼對望的那一剎那,時間似乎靜止了,取代驚訝的是歡聚的感動。
![When the little-big family saw each other for the first time in years, they seemed to be in silent shock.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433149.jpg)
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這對母女起初前30分鐘一點動靜也沒有,安靜地對望著,似乎還沒反應過來。
![They spent the about thirty minutes simply staring at each other, apprehensively processing whether what they thought was happening was <em>really happening</em>.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433147.jpg)
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當他們發現這突如其來的喜訊並不是一場空夢,就開始不停的對話、擁抱與親暱地纏繞彼此的象鼻。
![But once the reality sunk in, they began babbling with each other, hugging, and affectionately linking their trunks together like no time had passed.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433145.jpg)
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Mai Yui的主人看了這個家庭重聚的畫面,十分感動。同時,他也非常認同庇護所的「寵愛厚皮類動物」計劃,因此同意一併釋放母象媽媽,放她們自由。
![Moved by their family bond, and impressed by the sanctuary's "<a href="http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/enp/en/visit-volunteer/projects/viewproperty/pamper-a-pachyderm-full-day-visit/44?thisProperty=44" target="_blank">Pamper a Pachyderm</a>" program, Mae Yui's owner agreed to go one step further and allowed her to be fully released from the trekking business.](https://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/desktop-1428433151.jpg)
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母女表達滿滿愛意的互動,真的非常動人!
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來源:The Dodo
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