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There's something about being part of nature,
亲近大自然，
there's something about being around these animals.
和这些动物在一起的时候
To even the most wounded veteran,they feel different,
老兵们即便受过再大的创伤，也会感觉不一样
keeps them part of something greater than themselves.
这种生活使他们能够参与到比自身更广阔的世界中去
The idea is that you've gotta give someone who's been through a severe trauma, an opportunity to heal,
我们的理念就是，你得给受过严重创伤的人恢复的机会
and we believe that Warriors and Wolves Program, in a back to nature setting, it does that.
我们相信，通过回归大自然，我们的兵狼项目正在这么做。
We have 40 animals at this facility.
我们这儿有40只动物
There you go, you got it.You'll get that.
给你，是你的了，过来拿吧
We've rescued wolves off chains in Alaska as part of a roadside attraction.
有一些狼是我们从阿拉斯加的路边景区救出来的
We rescued wolf dogs from a backyard breeder in San Diego.
还有一些狼狗是圣地亚哥后院繁殖者手里救出来的
I think for all the veterans that we bring out here,
我觉得，我们带到这儿的所有退伍军人
whether they work here or they're here for a support group,
无论他们是来这儿工作还是来这儿帮忙
what rings true is if they can heal, I can heal.
有一点是肯定的，那就是如果他们的伤痛能被抚平，我的也能
The wolves, they notice you're injured or something's wrong with you
这些狼，他们能感觉得到你受过创伤或是你身上有什么不对劲
and they have that trauma.
它们也受过创伤
So, you know, we had some type of trauma in life,
我们都在生活中受了某种创伤，
we kinda get that connection and one wolf will be your friend for life.
我们之间就产生了某种纽带，它也就成了你一生的好友。
What happens is one animal picks that one veteran,
一只动物一旦选择了一个老兵，
never again does that animal pick someone else,
它就再也不会考虑别人，
never again does that animal want to show the same kind of affection to someone else.
再也不会对别人流露同样的感情。
What a good boy!
好孩子！
Conventional therapy isn't really something for me.
传统疗法对我来说没多大意思
It didn't help to be honest.
老实说，不管用
After 10 years of military life,
it was sort of a tough transition.
回归社会对我来说真的是一个很难的转变
Had I continued down my course of being angry,
我如果继续愤怒下去
drinking myself to death may have been the last chapter of my life.
估计我的归宿就是喝酒喝死
There are things I've seen that I can't unsee.
我看到的我无法装作视而不见
There are things I've done that I cannot undo.
我做过的我也无法假装什么也没发生
Just saying that "well, I did it in the name of my country" doesn't help you sleep at night.
“那个，我那么做也是为了我的国家”这种话并不会帮你安眠
But what does help you sleep is having a companion.
真正能让你睡安稳的是你要有一个伴侣
They kinda teach you how to be calm and confident.
它们会教你怎么平静下来，怎么找回自信
It's got some deeper meaning when they accept you.
要是它们接受了你，意义就更非凡了
They accept you into the family, as part of the pack.
它们会拿你当家人，当它们一伙儿的。
