9月30日——俄罗斯政府周三表示，正在制定紧急措施来控制某些地区数量激增的棕熊种群。这些棕熊已经对人类构成了严重威胁，至少有22人在熊的攻击中丧生。
Sept 30 - The Russian government said on Wednesday it was drawing up urgent measures to control the population of brown bears that has spiralled out of control in some regions, with at least 22 people killed in attacks.
据俄罗斯国家媒体报道，在最近一起袭击事件中，一名23岁的男子在堪察加半岛（位于俄罗斯远东地区）采集浆果时被熊杀害。
In the latest attack, reported by state media, a 23-year-old man out gathering berries was killed by a bear this week in Kamchatka, in Russia's far east.
上周，在西伯利亚，一名俄罗斯妇女也在自家花园里被熊袭击致死。专家将这一系列袭击事件归因于气候变化以及人类管理上的失误。
Last week, a Russian woman in Siberia was fatally mauled by a bear in her garden, amid a nationwide spate of killings that experts blame on climate change and human incompetence.
“显然，随着棕熊数量的增加，相关问题也在不断加剧。我们需要采取系统性措施，以确保人类与动物能够安全共存，并维持生态平衡，”俄罗斯副总理德米特里·帕特鲁舍夫表示。“为此，俄罗斯政府目前正在制定一系列优先措施，”他补充道。
"It is clear that as the population grows, so too does the number of problems. Systemic measures are needed to ensure that humans and animals can coexist safely and to maintain the necessary balance," said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev. "In this regard, the Russian government is currently preparing a series of priority measures," he said.
政府计划取消对棕熊的狩猎配额，设定各地区的棕熊数量上限，赋予地方当局更多控制棕熊数量的权力，并为那些需要更多资金支持来应对这一问题的地区提供援助。
The government said it would look at lifting hunting quotas on brown bears, would establish regional population limits, give local authorities extra powers to control their numbers, and identify regions that need more financing to tackle the problem.
在过去三十年里，由于冬季变短且气候变暖，棕熊的数量增加了一倍多，目前已达到30.8万只。据俄罗斯国家通讯社RIA报道，自今年春季以来，俄罗斯境内已有至少22人被棕熊杀害。
The population of brown bears has more than doubled in the last three decades to 308,000, in part due to shorter and milder winters. At least 22 people have been killed by bears across Russia, the world's largest country, since this spring, the RIA state news agency said.
俄罗斯媒体引用的专家指出，由于今年春季来得过早且天气干燥，导致浆果短缺，棕熊不得不前往更远的地方寻找食物。专家们还指出，人类将食物垃圾随意丢弃在户外（这会吸引熊），以及忽视安全规定，也是导致棕熊攻击人类的原因之一。
Experts cited in Russian media have said bears have been forced to look further afield for food this year because an early and dry spring meant there was a lack of berries for them to feed on in September. People are also guilty of leaving food waste out in the open where it attracts bears and of ignoring safety rules, experts say.
西伯利亚克拉斯诺亚尔斯克（根据环境部门的数据，该地区生活着近2.7万头熊）的调查人员上周表示，他们已对当地环境部门提起了刑事诉讼，指控其疏于管理，导致仅9月份就有7人死亡。
Investigators in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia — home to nearly 27,000 bears according to environment ministry data — said last week that they had opened a criminal case into the local environment ministry, accusing it of negligence that led to the deaths of seven people in September alone.
联邦环境部门试图淡化这些熊袭击事件的影响，称近年来每年大约会发生20到30起熊袭击事件；但他们认为，社交媒体和智能手机的普及使得这类事件看起来更加普遍（即人们更容易注意到这些事件）。
The federal environment ministry has sought to play down the spate of attacks, saying that around 20 to 30 cases of bear attacks have been recorded annually in recent years, but that social media and smartphones are making such attacks seem more widespread.