干旱破坏了熊赖以生存的自然食物来源，迫使它们更接近人类。上周，野生动物官员在蒙大拿州的一处房产内发现了14只黑熊，并将其杀死。官员们还表示，还发现了一只幼崽，正考虑将其转移到动物园。
Drought has disrupted natural food sources that bears depend on, sending them closer to humans.
蒙大拿州野生动物管理员乔什·伦纳德上尉表示：‘这些熊不再害怕人类，也不再依赖自然食物。’
Wildlife officials found and killed 14 black bears last week on a property in Montana. A cub was also found and relocated for possible placement at a zoo, officials said in a statement.
这一事件发生在包括蒙大拿州在内的多个州人类与熊的冲突事件增加的背景下。
“These bears were unafraid of humans and stopped relying on natural foods,” said Montana game warden Captain Josh Leonard. “It’s very unfortunate they had to be euthanized.”The incident comes amid a rise in human-bear encounters across multiple states, including Montana. Drought has disrupted berry crops and other natural food sources that bears depend on, sending them closer to humans and into garage cans, bird feeders and chicken coops.
干旱导致浆果作物和其他熊赖以生存的自然食物来源受损，迫使它们进入人类的车库、鸟食器和鸡舍寻找食物。
Most black bears avoid people but when these opportunistic omnivores succeed in eating human food, they will continue doing so and experts say, it is impossible to reverse the behavior.
虽然大多数黑熊会避开人类，但一旦这些机会主义的杂食动物成功食用了人类食物，就会继续这样做，专家称这种行为无法改变。在蒙大拿州，喂熊是违法的。
It is illegal to feed bears in Montana.