Mountain lions live in mountainous areas of the western United States.

山狮栖息在美国西部的山区里。

Mountain lions live in a variety of habitats in Southern California.

山狮在南加州有许多栖息地。

So mountain lions oftentimes live much closer to people than we think.

因此，山狮与人类的距离通常比我们想象的更近。

But what they really want is to enable the mountain lions to move themselves.

但他们真正想要的是让山狮能够自发移动。

In the case of the Southern California mountain lions, conservationists don't want to translocate the animal.

在南加州山狮的例子中，自然资源保护者不想改变它们的位置。

But Raoul think the deer populations could grow too large is because they have killed off wolves and mountain lions.

但是拉乌尔认为，鹿的数量可能会变大，是因为他们已经杀死了狼和狮子。

Overpasses allow the mountain lions to roam freely and mix their gene pools, without ever having to dash across traffic.

天桥让山狮可以自由地漫游，来混合它们的基因库，而不会冲撞交通。

And of course, having these mountain lions so close to humans poses its own challenges, even if the populations are able to mix together.

当然，让这些山狮离人类的距离如此之近也会带来挑战，即使它们的种群能够混合在一起。

Arizona’s Game and Fish Department repeatedly denied that the snare was intended for the jaguar and said it had been set for mountain lions or bears.

亚利桑那渔猎部再次否认设置那个陷阱是要抓美洲虎，而是为了诱捕美洲狮和熊。

As vulnerable felines are quickly losing their habitats in the wild, wild mountain lions, also known as pumas or cougars, have opted for some peculiar sleeping spots.

脆弱的猫科动物正在迅速失去野外栖息地，因此野生美洲狮选择了一些特殊的睡眠地点。