尽管是陆地上最庞大的肉食动物之一，北极熊却以它雪团子般的外貌赢得了人们的喜爱。北极熊生活在遥远的北极，与冰雪为伴的它们最不该出现的地方，大概就是水泥森林一般的城市了。可是，近来却有人在俄罗斯街头见到了一只北极熊的身影。这只北极熊是怎么来到距离北极几千公里之外的地方的呢？它被发现之后人们又会对它做些什么呢？
# A starving polar bear wandered into a Russian city, scavenging for food
A starving polar bear seen scavenging for food in a major industrial city in northern Siberia has been captured and will be transported to a wildlife park for treatment, according to local reports.
有人发现，一只饿得奄奄一息的北极熊在北西伯利亚一座主要的工业城市寻觅食物。据当地媒体报道，这只北极熊已经被捕获，并且将会被送到野生动物园接受治疗。
Photos showed the female animal trudging across a busy road with muddy paws, digging through rubble and trash and lying down from apparent exhaustion on the ground.
照片中，这只雌性北极熊爪子上满是泥巴，步履艰难地穿过一条繁忙的马路。它在瓦砾堆和垃圾中翻找食物，而且由于显而易见的疲惫而躺倒在地。
Experts believe the animal, initially thought to have wandered hundreds of miles from its natural habitat in the Arctic, instead may have been taken as a cub and raised in captivity by pelt traders, according to the Siberian Times.
据《西伯利亚时报》报道，起初，这只北极熊被认为是偏离了它在北极的自然栖息地几百英里，才来到这里的。但专家们认为，它反而有可能在还是幼崽时就被皮毛商人抓走，并被养在笼中长大。
The experts explained that it is typically males, not females, that migrate long distances, and said this polar bear was too clean to have made such a trek, the newspaper reported. They told the newspaper it's possible that poachers released the animal to avoid being caught and punished.
该报报道，专家们解释说，通常进行长距离迁徙的是雄性（北极熊），而非雌性。他们还说，这只北极熊太干净了，不可能完成这么艰难的旅程。专家们告诉《西伯利亚时报》的记者，可能是偷猎者为了避免偷猎行为被发现、受到处罚，而放生了这只北极熊。
Polar bear poaching has been banned in Russia for more than 60 years. Still, it has been estimated that as many as 200 of them are killed each year in the Far East region.
在俄罗斯，偷猎北极熊这一行为已被禁止了 60 多年。但是根据估算，远东地区每年仍有多达 200 只北极熊遭到杀害。
As the Washington Post's Isaac Stanley-Becker reported, polar bears "are classified as a vulnerable species because of the 'ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change,' according to the World Wildlife Fund."
据《华盛顿邮报》记者艾萨克·斯坦利-贝克的报道，北极熊“被划分为易危物种，是因为世界自然基金会称，‘气候变化导致它们的海冰栖息地减少，而这样的减少现在已经发生了，未来还将持续。’”
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