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30 news of the week@SCIENCE 之三：作为科研对象的狼匹被猎杀已有1人参与

本周第三条报导，原文链接：http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6111/1132.1.full.pdf

Yellowstone National Park 3

Hunters Kill Research Wolves
作为科研对象的狼匹被猎杀

Hunters have killed an estimated 10 wolves from Yellowstone National Park this month, adversely affecting a park research program that has tracked the animals since their reintroduction in 1995. At least 88 wolves remain in Yellowstone, but the killings have “been a big hit to us scientifically,” says project leader Douglas Smith. Particularly problematic, he says, is that seven of the animals were wearing radio-tracking collars. Two “were the only collared members of their packs, so now we can’t track those packs.” Only one wolf wearing a specialized GPS collar is now left in the study.

估计捕猎者本月已经在黄石公园杀死了10只狼，这影响了监测1995年重新引入公园内的狼群的科研项目。项目负责人Douglas Smith说，目前公园内至少还有88只狼，但是这次捕杀“对我们的科研是一个重创”。他补充道，尤其麻烦的是这次捕杀的狼匹中有7只戴着无线追踪项圈。有两只“是它们那个族群中仅有的戴（追踪）项圈的狼，所以现在我们无法追踪到这些狼群。”目前该试验中仅有一只戴特殊GPS项圈的狼还存活着。

The killings, which were legal, occurred outside the park during the annual wolf hunting season that opened this fall in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Some researchers fear hunters are targeting collared wolves (Science, 23 October 2009, p. 506), and have asked state officials to establish buffer zones around the park to protect the animals. Only Montana, however, has taken steps to protect wolves in one boundary region.

Montana, Idaho和Wyoming每年一度的(合法)猎狼季节今年从秋天开始，而这些合法的猎杀正是发生在捕猎季节并且是在黄石公园外。一些研究者担心捕猎者专门盯着戴项圈的狼捕杀(Science, 23 October 2009, p. 506)，而且已经要求州警察建立环公园缓冲地带保护动物。然而，目前仅Montana州开始在一块边界区域筹划实施。

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