美国环保主义者在巴基斯坦从事雪豹保护项目

The snow leopard used to be on the IUCN's red list of endangered species, and the animal is still considered vulnerable.

雪豹曾被列入国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)濒危物种红色名单，现在这种动物仍被认为是脆弱的物种。

Encyclopedia Britannica says there are between 2,500 and 10,000 snow leopards left in the wild, though other estimates put the number much lower.

《大英百科全书》称，野生雪豹数量在2500到10000只之间，尽管其他估计把这个数字算得更低。

Their population is reportedly decreasing though and there are several possible reasons why.

据报道，雪豹的数量正在减少，原因有几个。

One is that they may be hunted for their use in traditional Chinese medicine.

原因之一是，雪豹可能会因其在传统中药中的用途而被猎杀。

Disease may play a factor, as might loss of their natural habitat.

疾病可能是一个因素，自然栖息地的丧失也可能是一个因素。

But snow leopards are also known to attack the livestock of nearby farmers.

但众所周知，雪豹也会袭击附近农民的牲畜。

So, a conservationist is taking action to protect their livelihood while also protecting the snow leopards themselves.

因此，一位环保主义者正在采取行动，在保护农民生计的同时，也要保护雪豹本身。

It is really a spectacular area of the world and especially in winter. It's so beautiful.

这是世界上最壮观的地方，尤其是在冬天。景色是如此美丽。

The sense of remoteness, the sense of isolation is very acute.

那种遥远的感觉、那种孤立的感觉非常强烈。

And when you go further higher up or deeper into the heart of the mountains, there is a very good chance that a snow leopard might walk right in front of me.

当走到更高的地方或更深的山脉中心时，很有可能会有雪豹走在正前方。

The first time I heard a snow leopard roar, I still remember a long time ago.

我第一次听到雪豹的咆哮，我还记得是很久以前。

Suddenly, I heard this roaring call.

突然，我听到了这样咆哮的叫声。

I mean, if anything it was just sheer wildness.

我是说，如果有什么区别的话，那就是纯粹的野性。

My name is Shafqat Hussain. I'm a professor of anthropology at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

我叫沙夫卡特·侯赛因。我是康涅狄格州哈特福德市三一学院的人类学教授。

I work on a snow leopard conservation project in northern Pakistan that has been running for the last 20 years.

我在巴基斯坦北部从事一个雪豹保护项目，这个项目已经持续了20年。

I have never seen a snow leopard in the wild.

我从未在野外见过雪豹。

You're dealing with an animal that is very, very elusive and its habitat is very difficult to study.

你面对的是一种非常难找的动物，雪豹的栖息地很难研究。

Many times, I have told my colleagues when you know we are setting up camera traps or doing surveys.

很多次，我曾告诉我的同事，当在设置相机陷阱或做调查时。

That I'm sure that a snow leopard is watching me from somewhere up there.

我敢肯定有一只雪豹在上面的某个地方看着我。

The snow leopards are incessant communicators.

雪豹是不间断的交流者。

I wonder what they would do if they had, you know, all this new social media technology, right, because just like we human beings, we are always connecting.

我想知道，如果雪豹拥有这些新的社交媒体技术，它们会做什么，因为就像我们人类一样，我们总是在联系。

And you can see the snow leopard you know doing the same by leaving all these marks in their territory, [whether] it's a spray or leaving their cheek hair, as if these cats are trying to communicate with other cats in this big, vast and empty landscape.

你可以看到雪豹也在做同样的事情，在它们的领地上留下所有这些标记，无论是撒尿还是留下它们的颊毛，好像这些猫科动物试图在这片广阔空旷的土地上与其他猫科动物交流。