NEW DELHI(AFP) - Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's new epic "Life of Pi" showcases the relationship between a teenager indian boy and a Bengal tiger. But in reality, the predators are under increasing threat from human.
Poaching remains a tremendous danger for the remaining feline population, with rising demand for tiger parts from East Asia, especially China where tiger bone is used in traditional medicines, experts say.
Rising man-animal conflict is also one of the leading causes of deline tiger numbers.
Animal rights group PETA is hoping to use the popularity of the film to focus people's attention on the real-life plight of Bengal tiger.
(法新社新德里電)奧斯卡金像獎最佳導演李安的新片《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》，描述一位印度青年和一隻孟加拉虎的情誼，但現實生活中，人類帶給老虎的威脅卻與日俱增。
專家表示，目前僅存的老虎面臨非法獵捕的重大威脅，東亞國家對老虎身體部位需求持續增加，尤其中國是虎骨為傳統藥材。
人類和動物的衝突升高，也是老虎數量減少的主要原因之一。
美國人道對待動物組織(PETA)希望利用《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》的知名度，讓人們正視孟加拉虎的真實困境。
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predator(n.)肉食動物
ex:幼小的鳥易受食肉動物傷害。
Young birds are very vulnerable to predators.
poach(v.)非法獵捕。poacher指盜獵者。
ex:他們不可以在我國海域捕撈鯡魚。
They can't poach for herring form our waters.
feline(n.)貓科動物。當形容詞時事形容像貓一樣。
ex:非洲和亞洲森林中的大型貓科動物，皮毛通常是茶色帶黑色的斑點。
Large feline of african and asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots.
plight(n.)困境。
ex:船員們抵達岸邊時境況已十分悲慘。
The crew were in a sorry plight by the time they reached shore.
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