英语新闻丨野生东北虎时隔30年再现长白山国家级自然保护区

A wild Siberian tiger was spotted near Changbai Mountain in Northeast China's Jilin province on Tuesday, marking the return of the species to the mountain after a 30-year hiatus, according to the Jilin Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau.

据吉林省林业和草原局消息，12月3日，中国东北吉林省长白山附近发现了一只野生东北虎踪迹，标志着野生东北虎时隔30年重回长白山腹地。

Staff members from the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve Management Center captured clear footage of the tiger near a tourist road on the western slope of the mountain. Seven days earlier, the reserve center personnel found what appeared to be wild Siberian tiger tracks, 300 meters away from the location.

3日，长白山自然保护管理中心工作人员在长白山西坡的一条旅游公路沿线附近发现野生东北虎，并拍摄到清晰画面。7天前，有工作人员在距此地300米处发现疑似野生东北虎足迹。

The bureau said the discovery of a wild Siberian tiger, or Northeast China tiger, in the Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve signifies an expansion of the tiger's habitat, which extends over 200 kilometers westward from the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park.

吉林省林业和草原局称，在长白山国家级自然保护区发现野生东北虎，标志着野生东北虎栖息地进一步扩大，从中国东北虎豹国家公园向西扩展了200多公里。

Staff members then deployed nine monitoring cameras near the discovery site and promptly devised a plan to prevent human-tiger conflicts, issuing warnings to the public and installing warning signs at the location to alert people about the presence of tigers.

随后，工作人员在发现地附近布设9部监测相机，并迅速制定预防人虎冲突预案，向公众发布预警，并在发现地设立警示牌，提醒公众注意此地有虎出没。

The bureau highlighted that in recent years, Jilin has intensified its ecological conservation efforts by prohibiting hunting and commercial logging in natural forests. The biodiversity of flora and fauna in the Changbai Mountain forests continues to thrive, with species like sika deer and roe deer increasing year by year.

吉林省林业和草原局强调，多年来，吉林省持续加大生态保护力度，采取封山禁猎、全面停止天然林商业性采伐等措施。长白山森林内动植物种类不断丰富，梅花鹿、狍子等物种逐年增多。

Established in October 2021, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park is located at the junction of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in China, in the southern region of the Laoye Mountain — a branch of Changbai Mountain. Over 6,800 patrol officers have been patrolling the 14,100 square kilometers of the Siberian tiger habitat.

东北虎豹国家公园成立于2021年10月，位于吉林、黑龙江两省交界的老爷岭南部。6800多名巡护员日夜守护着1.41万平方千米的东北虎栖息地。

In 2021, a joint research effort involving Professor Jiang Guangshun's team from Northeast Forestry University, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's feline research center, and institutions including the University of California in the United States revealed that the northeastern region of China is a crucial habitat for Siberian tigers and could potentially support over 300 of the tigers in the future.

2021年，由东北林业大学姜广顺教授团队、国家林业和草原局猫科动物研究中心以及美国加州大学等机构联合开展的一项研究显示，中国东北地区是东北虎的重要栖息地，未来能够支持300多只东北虎的生存。

Jiang mentioned that amid the global trend of the rapid loss of tiger habitats, China's potential for the recovery of the Siberian tiger population and its habitat is enormous, making it one of the countries with the most promising prospects for tiger habitat restoration worldwide.

姜广顺提到，在目前全球老虎栖息地急剧丧失的趋势下，中国东北虎种群和栖息地的恢复潜力巨大，将成为全球老虎分布区最有恢复前景的国家之一。

In April, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, the number of wild Siberian tigers living stably within the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has reached around 70, nearly doubling from the pilot phase of the park in 2017. The population of wild Amur leopards has reached around 80.

今年4月，据国家林业和草原局统计，目前稳定生活在东北虎豹国家公园内的野生东北虎数量达到70只左右，比2017年公园试点时增加了将近1倍，野生东北豹数量达到80只左右。

Last month, an incident occurred in Boli county, Heilongjiang province, where a Siberian tiger entered a village and caused injuries to residents.

上个月，黑龙江省勃利县发生了一起东北虎进入村庄并造成村民受伤事件。

The management center of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park told villagers that when encountering wild Siberian tigers or leopards, they should calmly withdraw to avoid behavior that may provoke or attract them. It is crucial not to approach or provoke the animals and to immediately contact local wildlife conservation authorities.

东北虎豹国家公园管理局提醒广大居民，当遇到野生东北虎豹时，要冷静撤离，避免做出可能激怒或吸引它们的行为，切勿尝试接近或挑衅，并立即联系当地野生动物保护管理部门。

hiatus

n. 空隙；间断

commercial logging

商业性采伐

fauna

n. (某一地区或某一时期的)动物群