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Rescuers dress as mother bear to raise orphaned cub found alone

动物救助人员扮成熊妈妈抚养失去双亲的小熊

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This 'bear' taking care of its cub may look real, but have you noticed that it's actually a human in costume?

这头正在照顾小熊的 “熊” 可能看上去很真实，但你注意到它其实是一个身穿熊道具服的人了吗？

Increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change, many bear species have already been listed as protected or endangered.

由于受到人类活动和气候变化日益严重的威胁，许多熊类都已经被列为了受保护动物或濒危物种。

So when the two-month-old cub was found alone and starving by a group of campers in a Californian forest in April, wildlife officials tried to reunite him with his mother overnight.

所以，今年四月，当这只两个月大的小熊被一群露营的人发现在加利福尼亚的森林中独自挨饿时，野生动物官员连夜试图让它与它的母亲团聚。

However, the mother never returned, and the cub was taken to the San Diego Humane Society, where he will be released into the wild once he's ready.

可是，熊妈妈再也没有回来，于是这只小熊被送往了圣地亚哥人道协会。它将在那里生活，直到做好被放归野外的准备。

To avoid human bonding and to prepare the cub for life in the wild, caretakers wear a bear costume to help mimic a mother bear.

为了避免与人类建立情感纽带并帮助它提前适应在野外的生活，饲养员通过穿着熊道具服的方式来模仿熊妈妈照顾这只小熊。

It is hoped that this bear cub can return to his natural habitat and start his own family some day.

人们希望这只小熊能够回到它的自然栖息地，并在未来的某天组建属于它自己的家庭。