The Amur leopard - the rarest cat in the world.
这是远东豹,世界上最稀有的猫科动物
Here, in the deciduous forests of eastern Russia, the winter makes hunting very difficult.
这里是俄罗斯东部的落叶林,冬天使得狩猎变得相当困难
Pray animals are scarce, and there's no concealing vegetation.
猎物非常稀少,也没有可以隐蔽的植被
The cub is a year old and still dependent on its mother.
小豹已有一岁大了,仍旧依靠着它的母亲
Deer are frequent casualties of the harsh winter and these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse.
鹿经常会死于严酷的冬天,这些豹子不会介意吃死鹿的肉充饥
African leopards could never survive here,
非洲豹根本不能在这里生存
but the Russian cats have thick fur to shield them from the cold.
而俄罗斯的猫科动物则有厚实的皮毛帮助它们抵挡严寒
There are only forty Amur leopards left in the wild and that number is falling.
如今世界上只存活着40只远东豹,而且这个数目还在减少
Like so many creatures, the cats have been pushed to the very edge of extinction
与许多动物一样,这些大猫已经被推到了灭绝的边缘
by hunting and the destruction of their habitat.
这是因为盗猎和栖息地遭到破坏。
The Amur leopard symbolises the fragility of our natural heritage.
远东豹充分暴露了自然遗产的脆弱
The future of an entire species hangs on survival of a tiny number of mothers like this one.
整个物种的未来寄托在为数不多的几只母豹身上,就好比这一只。