找老虎:中國正在尋找普京放生後到處遊蕩的老虎

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinais on the hunt for a Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, state media said on Thursday, after the animal roamed acrossthe border, likely in search of food.

北京（路透社）——週四國內媒體報道，俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾•普京放生的西伯利亞虎可能爲覓食穿過邊境，目前中國正在尋找中。

The tiger, named Kuzia, was one of three ofthe rare wild cats that Putin helped release into Russia'sremote Amur region in eastern Siberia in May.

普京五月在西伯利亞東部協助放生了三隻野生虎到俄羅斯偏遠地區，這隻名叫Kuzia的老虎是其中之一。

Tagged with a tracking device, it has beenspotted in China'sTaipinggou nature reserve in northeastern Heilongjiang province, the official Xinhuanews agency said.

新華社報道，這隻老虎身上安裝了追蹤裝置，已被查到在中國東北黑龍江省的太平溝自然保護區出現。

"A Russian expert called to tell usthe location of the tiger and expressed the hope that we can protect it,"nature reserve director Chen Zhigang told Xinhua.

“俄羅斯專家打電話告訴我們虎的位置,希望我們能夠保護它。”自然保護區主管陳志剛告訴新華社。

Chen said forestry officers would set updozens of cameras to capture images of the tiger and notify local farmers.

陳先生說林業局人員會設置幾十個攝像頭追蹤老虎出現的畫面，並通知當地農民。

The tiger should find plenty of food amongthe reserve's wildlife, Chen said, though officials were prepared to"release cattle" into the area to feed it.

陳先生補充道，這隻老虎應該能在保護區戶外找到很多食物，不過官員們仍準備好放牛進該區域餵飽它。

Putin was feted by Russian media in2008 for supposedly saving a television crew from an attack when he shot aSiberian tiger with a tranquilizer gun after it escaped from wildlifespecialists at a national park.

2008年，普京用麻醉槍射擊了一隻從國家自然公園逃跑的老虎，使電視臺攝製組倖免於難，因此他受到了俄羅斯媒體的宴請。

The former KGB spy has carefully cultivateda macho image with other wildlife stunts, activities he has said are worthwhilebecause they draw attention to conservation projects.

普京這名前克格勃間諜通過參加一系列野外活動爲自己精心繪製了強者的形象，他說這些活動是值得參加的，因爲能爲動物保護項目提升注意力。

China'sinsatiable demand for tiger products, often used in Chinese medicines, hashelped drive indigenous subspecies of the animal in the wild to the brink ofextinction.

中國爲了製藥，對虎製品有無休止的需求，使得本土珍稀的野生動物瀕臨滅絕。