These incredible pictures show the moment an elephant who was held in chains and beaten and abused for fifty years cried as he was released to freedom.

这些令人难以置信的照片记录了这样一刻：一只被锁链锁住、鞭打、虐待长达五十年之久的大象在获得自由的那一瞬间落泪了。

Raju the elephant was left bleeding from spiked shackles and living on hand-outs from passing tourists after he was captured and tied up by his ‘owner’.

自从大象拉珠被它的“主人”捕获并囚禁之后，它就以路过游客的施舍为生，带刺的铁镣让它鲜血直流。

But, after 50 years of torture, the animal cried tears of relief after he was rescued by a wildlife charity in a daring midnight operation – fittingly on American Independence Day.

但是，在遭受了五十年的磨难之后，一个野生动物慈善团体展开了一场大胆的午夜营救行动，将它救了出来。这一天正是美国独立日，大象流下了释怀的泪水。

North London-based charity Wildlife SOS stepped in to save Raju from dying in his bonds after learning of his plight in India.

这一野生动物紧急呼救慈善组织的本部在伦敦北部，其工作人员定说印度听大象拉珠的苦难经历，决定挺身而出，不让拉珠死在镣铐之中。

Every day, the majestic animal was forced to hold out his trunk and beg for a few coins from passers-by – surviving only on plastic and paper for food.

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