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The Amur leopard - the rarest cat in the world.
這是遠東豹，世界上最稀有的貓科動物
Here, in the deciduous forests of eastern Russia, the winter makes hunting very difficult.
這里是俄羅斯東部的落葉林，冬天使得狩獵變得相當困難
Pray animals are scarce, and there's no concealing vegetation.
獵物非常稀少，也沒有可以隱蔽的植被
The cub is a year old and still dependent on its mother.
小豹已有一歲大了，仍舊依靠著它的母親
Deer are frequent casualties of the harsh winter and these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse.
鹿經常會死于嚴酷的冬天，這些豹子不會介意吃死鹿的肉充饑
African leopards could never survive here,
非洲豹根本不能在這里生存
but the Russian cats have thick fur to shield them from the cold.
而俄羅斯的貓科動物則有厚實的皮毛幫助它們抵擋嚴寒
There are only forty Amur leopards left in the wild and that number is falling.
如今世界上只存活著40只遠東豹，而且這個數目還在減少
Like so many creatures, the cats have been pushed to the very edge of extinction
與許多動物一樣，這些大貓已經被推到了滅絕的邊緣
by hunting and the destruction of their habitat.
這是因為盜獵和棲息地遭到破壞。
The Amur leopard symbolises the fragility of our natural heritage.
遠東豹充分暴露了自然遺產的脆弱
The future of an entire species hangs on survival of a tiny number of mothers like this one.
整個物種的未來寄托在為數不多的幾只母豹身上，就好比這一只。
