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Some see the panthers' presence as a positive because it makes developing certain areas of land into suburbs more difficult.
有些人正面看待美洲獅的存在，因為這會讓某些地區(qū)比較不易被開發(fā)成為郊區(qū)住宅。
"On the Endangered Species Act, do you see 'cowboy' or 'rancher' written on it? No, but we benefit from the protections afforded the panther," says Elton Langford, a rancher who lives to the west, near Arcadia.
“在《瀕危物種法案》上，你有看到上面寫著‘牛仔’或‘牧場主’嗎？沒有，但我們從美洲獅的保護(hù)中受益良多，”埃爾頓·蘭福德說，他是一位住在西部阿卡迪亞附近的牧場主。
But some ranchers, especially to the south, where there are more panthers, are warier, says Alex Johns, a Seminole cattleman whose family has ranched since his ancestors poached cows from the Spanish in the 1500s.
但是阿歷克斯·約翰斯表示，也有些牧場主對美洲獅的態(tài)度較為保留，尤其是在南部美洲獅數(shù)量較多的地方，約翰斯是塞米諾爾原住民，也是牧牛人，他的家族自16世紀(jì)從西班牙人那里偷牛以來，一直從事畜牧業(yè)。
In this region, panthers occasionally eat calves. A study conducted at one ranch found panthers kill less than one percent of calves; another study found the predators killed around 5 percent.
在這里，美洲獅偶爾會吃小牛。在一座牧場做的研究顯示，美洲獅殺死的小牛不到1%；另一項研究顯示，掠食者殺掉的小牛約占5%。
Panthers sometimes are blamed for kills by coyotes, bears, and even buzzards, says Deborah Jansen, a Big Cypress National Preserve panther biologist who's worked with the felines since the early 1980s.
20世紀(jì)80年代早期就開始研究這種貓科動物的大柏樹國家保護(hù)區(qū)美洲獅生物學(xué)家德博拉·約翰遜表示，被郊狼、黑熊甚至美洲鷲殺害的動物，有時也被歸咎到美洲獅身上。
Calf loss can stir resentment and even lead to retaliation, cattleman Johns says. Making matters worse, the federal program that compensates ranchers for livestock losses because of panthers is flawed, he adds, describing a process in which the paperwork is difficult and time-consuming, and reimbursement often is not granted.
牧牛人約翰斯表示，損失小牛可能會激起民怨，甚至導(dǎo)致報復(fù)行為。更糟糕的是，聯(lián)邦政府對牧場主因美洲獅造成牲口損失的賠償政策并不完善，整個程序的文書作業(yè)既困難又耗時，而且經(jīng)常不予補償。
David Shindle, panther coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, agrees that the reimbursement program needs improvement, and he sees the two sides as allies. "To save the panther, we have to save the rancher," he says.
美國魚類和野生動物管理局的美洲獅項目協(xié)調(diào)人戴維·辛德爾坦言，賠償政策確實需要改進(jìn)，不過他認(rèn)為雙方是盟友關(guān)系。他說：“為了拯救美洲獅，我們必須拯救牧場主。”
